President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that called for the creation of a “quick reaction force” made up of National Guard troops available for “rapid nationwide deployment.”

Many of the details of this rapid response team’s operational design remain unknown, though it demonstrates the president’s willingness to deploy the National Guard for public safety concerns.

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The executive order also called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to direct each state’s Army and National Guard to be tr

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