Pentagon Orders Nationwide Guard Quick Reaction Forces

A Pentagon memo signed by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett orders National Guard units in all 50 states, D.C., and territories to build “quick reaction forces” trained in riot control, citing Donald Trump’s August executive order. Most states must train 500 members, totaling 23,500, with trainers aiming to make units operational by Jan. 1, 2026 and supplying each state 100 sets of crowd-control gear. A separate directive creates a D.C. military police battalion, with 50 personnel ready in 90 days. Janessa Goldbeck called it an effort to normalize a militarized police force; White House and Pentagon did not comment.

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