Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has submitted a request to deploy up to 1,000 Louisiana National Guard members throughout the state.

Past presidents understood that National Guard deployment should only be a measure of last resort. A deployment can cost as much as $1 million per day. Imagine what a cash infusion of even half that amount could do for a city’s crime reduction efforts,

Cheers, handshakes and shared stories filled the air Sept. 23–25 as the Hawai‘i National Guard and Armed Forces of the

In a U.S. Senate hearing, a retired National Guard major general said troops are not trained for policing and deployments may harm disaster readiness.

Trump announced the move on Sept. 12, and in the days that followed more information was released about what they will do in the Bluff City.

As National Guard troops patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., President Trump has threatened to send soldiers to other cities across the country to help stop crime, but can they perform law enforcement duties?

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The National Guard Bureau’s top leaders traveled to Finland, Sweden and Norway last week as part of a series of Northern European

Republican governors face scrutiny after deploying the National Guard to D.C. amid rising violence in their home states.