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Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest: Washington Post
UNITED STATES, AUG 12 – The Pentagon plans a 600-troop National Guard force ready to deploy within one hour to U.S. cities, aiming to quell protests under expanded federal authority.
- According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, Tuesday's report reveals a secret Pentagon plan for a full-time 'Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force' to respond to unrest.
- Under existing statutes, the proposal would use Title 32 to authorize National Guard units to deploy rapidly, with critics warning legality is far from clear.
- According to the plan, 600 National Guard soldiers would be split into two groups of 300 at bases in Alabama and Arizona, equipped with weapons and riot gear, and dispatched in waves of 100 for 90 days.
- The disclosure prompted civil liberties advocates warned it is 'a trial balloon' and Joseph Nunn cautioned 'You don't want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement.'
- By fiscal year 2027, the earliest the plan could be funded through the Pentagon's budgetary process, raising political and civil-military balance concerns.
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The Pentagon is studying to create what it defines as a "Force of Rapid Reaction against Civil Disturbing" composed of hundreds of National Guard reservists, with 600 permanent guard soldiers to deploy in less than an hour in American cities facing protests or other situations of agitation.The force would be divided into two groups of 300, with bases in Alabama and Arizona to cover, respectively, the areas east and west of the Mississippi River.
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