{"id":130199,"date":"2025-08-20T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/20\/vance-hegseth-visit-troops-amid-growing-guard-presence-in-dc\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:10:51","slug":"vance-hegseth-visit-troops-amid-growing-guard-presence-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/20\/vance-hegseth-visit-troops-amid-growing-guard-presence-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance, Hegseth visit troops amid growing Guard presence in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with National Guard troops at Washington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/14\/guard-troops-patrol-union-station-as-trumps-dc-takeover-takes-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/14\/guard-troops-patrol-union-station-as-trumps-dc-takeover-takes-root\/\">Union Station<\/a> on Wednesday, while protesters booed at the two leaders and chanted \u201cfree D.C.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance told reporters that he had come to pass out a few burgers to the troops and responded to the chants with, \u201cLet\u2019s free Washington, D.C. from lawlessness.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that he believed crime statistics were not showing the full scope of crime levels in D.C. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was also present during the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials say about 1,900 troops are being deployed in Washington, with more than half coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/08\/18\/mississippi-becomes-fourth-state-to-send-national-guard-to-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/08\/18\/mississippi-becomes-fourth-state-to-send-national-guard-to-dc\/\">Republican-led states<\/a>, including Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, West Virginia and Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/18\/timely-payments-for-guard-deployed-to-dc-a-concern-lawmaker-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2230191122.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Timely payments for Guard deployed to DC a concern, lawmaker says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A top Senate Democrat is still awaiting clarity on when Guard troops patrolling the nation&#039;s capital will be compensated for that military duty. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Wednesday, an armored vehicle collided with a civilian car a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol, trapping one civilian inside the car who had to be extricated by emergency responders, according to the D.C. fire department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Guard members do not have law enforcement authorities and are currently unarmed. An official told Military Times that arming Guard members in the nation\u2019s capital is currently under consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D.C. 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\">The Guard was activated last week to support an increased federal law enforcement presence in the nation\u2019s capital after President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency. 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