What the National Guard in DC looks like

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What the National Guard in DC looks like

The National Guard started ramping up its presence in Washington on Thursday as President Trump’s takeover of city crime-fighting begins to take shape.

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While the Guard had a relatively small footprint in the city earlier this week, by Thursday, all of the roughly 800 Army and Air National Guard troops Trump ordered to the streets had mobilized for duty, the Pentagon confirmed.

“They will remain until law and order has been restored in the district as determined by the president, standing as the gatekeepers of our great nation’s capital,” Department of Defense press secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters at the Pentagon.

She added that the guard members will assist the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and federal law enf