Georgia will send more than 300 National Guardsmen to support the wider military operation in Washington D.C., Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. Georgia becomes the seventh state to send forces to join the District of Columbia National Guard, and its troops will be the first to relieve forces currently deployed to the nation’s capital.

Kemp said that the Georgia National Guard already has sent 16 guardsmen to aid Joint Task Force – District of Columbia in specialized support roles, such as military police or medical services. They were sent to Joint Base Anacostia-Boiling inside the city earlier this week. They are expected to not interact with the wider public.

The rest, 300 soldiers, will arrive mid-September, per Kemp, and will join other guardsmen in more public-facing tasks, althoug

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