Washington’s orders to troops after July 4: You’re fighting for a new nation
July 4 severed ties with Great Britain, but it was on July 5 that the former colonials got down to the nuts-and-bolts of governing and winning a war.
By Richard Sisk
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House rejects attempt to get answers about Army flyby of Kid Rock’s mansion
Rep. Pat Ryan described the Army flyby as “inappropriate,” “dangerous” and “a massive waste of money. ... Not to mention, it’s in the middle of a war.”
Why it’s time to rename Army posts named for Confederates
Army installations should be named for figures we can all be proud of, says the author of this commentary.
By Gus Ashton
A U-turn, an angry president and a fateful walk to a church
At an Oval Office meeting late Monday morning, tempers were flaring. Trump and some of his senior aides wanted federal troops on the streets, and fast.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Watch this National Guard formation get a lesson on crowd tactics by a civilian protester
“It’s almost like a training that I’m watching,” the person behind the camera remarks.
By J.D. Simkins
This is why guardsmen on protest duty were kicked out of a DC hotel
Utah Guardsmen had been staying in rooms paid for by the District of Columbia.
Guardsman removed from DC mission after FBI said troop ‘expressed white supremacist ideology’ online
“Following due process, it is highly likely that this individual will be permanently removed” from the Guard, said DeWine.
By Kyle Rempfer
DC mayor asks Trump to withdraw troops and federal police, Guardsmen to leave hotels
Bowser wrote that the “additional, unidentified units” have also added to the confusion by not wearing “identifying insignia.”
By Kyle Rempfer
Two South Carolina National Guard troops hospitalized after being near lighning strike in DC
Two South Carolina National Guard troops in hospital after being near lightning strike while on duty in Washington D.C.
By Howard Altman
DC attorney general questions National Guard presence
The attorney general for Washington, D.C., pressed the Trump administration and several state governments Thursday to justify the legality of their decision to send a growing contingent of National Guard troops to the nation's capital in the wake of street protests.
By Stephen Braun, The Associated Press
I’ve seen the military, and it is us
Don’t demonize our military because you don’t like your political leaders.
By Jason Criss Howk
Active-duty troops deployed to DC region to help with unrest begin to leave
Several hundred active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capital are leaving Washington, D.C., Thursday, just a day after their initially planned departure was abruptly delayed.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press