Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest
Source: The Independent
Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest
Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans
Rhian Lubin
in New York
Tuesday 12 August 2025 14:27 BST
The Trump administration is considering plans to create a squad of 600 National Guard soldiers who would be ready to deploy into U.S. cities to tackle civil unrest, according to a report.
As part of the “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force,” troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the proposals, which could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Troops would be split in half, with 300 stationed at headquarters in Alabama and 300 in Arizona, according to the newspaper.
The plans under consideration follow President Donald Trump’s dispatch of the National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C. in a bid to crack down on what he says is “out of control” violent crime. Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles after protests flared up in June against the administration’s anti-immigration agenda. That Los Angeles decision is now being debated in a courtroom after California Governor Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration over the move.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-national-guard-soldiers-dc-b2806148.html
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-team-looking-create-squad-132020991.html
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