ByAntonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes Staff.
Disputes over the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. reignited this week following the shooting of two soldiers that left one dead and the other in critical condition as of Friday, underscoring questions around President Donald Trump’s deployment of the guard throughout the U.S.
The New York Times reported Wednesday on a memo from August warning National Guard troops of a “heightened threat environment” and warned specifically of threats based on “grievance based violence” as well as acts inspired by foreign terrorism.
A member of the California National Guard told the Times they were not surprised by the shooting. The soldier, who deployed with the National Guard to Los Angeles this summer, said he and his commanders worried their mission “increased our risk of us shooting civilians or civilians taking shots at us.”
