{"id":85081,"date":"2025-08-12T00:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/12\/dc-guard-slated-to-deploy-by-mid-week-defense-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:05:17","slug":"dc-guard-slated-to-deploy-by-mid-week-defense-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/08\/12\/dc-guard-slated-to-deploy-by-mid-week-defense-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Guard slated to deploy by mid-week, defense official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has activated about 800 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-deploys-national-guard-troops-to-dc\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-deploys-national-guard-troops-to-dc\/\">D.C. National Guard soldiers<\/a> to support law enforcement across the nation\u2019s capital, where President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency despite the city\u2019s mayor saying crime there is on the decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defense official told Military Times on Monday that troops should arrive by midweek, with \u201cmission planning ongoing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 100-200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/31\/pentagon-pulls-back-more-national-guard-troops-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/31\/pentagon-pulls-back-more-national-guard-troops-in-los-angeles\/\">soldiers<\/a> at any given time will be supporting law enforcement with administrative tasks, logistics and physical presence, according to the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey will be strong, they will be tough and they will stand with their law enforcement partners,\u201d Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the White House on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth added that the Department of Defense was prepared to bring in other National Guard units, but Army and National Guard officials told Military Times that they were unaware of which units he was referencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said that \u201ccaravans of mass youth rampage through city streets at all times of the day,\u201d with neighborhoods under emergency curfews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference Monday afternoon that violent crime has decreased in the city since a rise two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re at a 30-year violent-crime low. We\u2019re not satisfied. We haven\u2019t taken our foot off the gas and we continue to look for ways to make our city safer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former military officers have suggested that Trump is deploying the Guard to \u201cdistract\u201d from a series of domestic challenges surrounding the president, ranging from his association with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after repeatedly claiming the lower-than-expected August job report was \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Maj. Gen. 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