Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans

Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans

Internal Pentagon documents call for 600 troops to be ready at all times to deploy to American cities within approximately one hour.

Proposal for 600 National Guard troops stationed across Alabama and Arizona bases to be deployed at short notice

Pentagon considers a quick-reaction force to deploy in US cities amid unrest, raising legal and political concerns

Hundreds of National Guard troops might be stationed in two states and serve as a quick reaction force that could respond to riots and other civil unrest.

The White House has said about 850 officers and agents took part in a ‘massive law enforcement surge’ across the city on Monday night. Key US politics stories from 12 August 2025

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