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WASHINGTON (AP) District of Columbia National Guard troops who are deployed as part of President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement intervention in the nations capital have had their orders extended through December, a National Guard official said.
The main purpose of the extension is to ensure that any D.C. Guard members out on the streets of Washington will continue to have uninterrupted benefits and pay for a mission that seems likely to persist for months, the official said.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said that while the extension doesnt mean that all 950 D.C. Guard troops now deployed will serve until the end of December, it is a strong indication that their role is not winding down anytime soon.
Typically, Guard members need to be on active orders for more than 30 days to qualify for benefits like a housing allowance or health care, and issuing multiple extensions to those orders can sometimes cause interruptions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dc-national-guard-troops-orders-014901455.html
Donny must be scared shitless.

struggle4progress
(124,340 posts)America's brave National Guard troops should be training, or they should be living their lives at home, prepared for whatever serious deployment lies ahead not spreading mulch at Trump's whim.
Rex Huppke
USA TODAY
... About 2,000 soldiers from across the country are in Washington, DC, to help battle a crime wave that Trump fabricated. Violent crime in the District of Columbia was already down considerably before the president did anything, and now some of the National Guard troops patriots who have jobs and homes and families they were pulled away from for this deployment are spreading mulch and picking up trash in our nations capital.
One Guard member told The Washington Post: I think its nice, as a DC resident. But there are different things we could be doing ...
The spectacle of soldiers wearing yellow and orange reflective vests over camo fatigues yes, this actually happened is a testament to the absurdity of Trumps dictatorial stumbling. Simply put, hes using National Guard troops to do whatever he wants, from getting Americans used to seeing a military presence in the streets to any light gardening the president might desire. He has no concern for the men and women in uniform or for the vital role they play in responding to actual crises ...
... these soldiers all dutifully following orders are being used as high-priced labor to compensate for National Park Service cuts the Trump administration made earlier in the year ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/28/trump-national-guard-picking-up-trash-dc/85853498007/
Chemical Bill
(2,903 posts)was only keeping troops on duty for 29 days so they didn't get the long term money, etc.
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