WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) - Members of the West Virginia National Guard have been deployed in Washington, D.C. for approaching two months.

Approximately 400 soldiers and airmen from West Virginia were sent to Washington on Aug. 19, making them among the first to join President Donald Trump's Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, but when will they return home? The Associated Press reported over the weekend that more than half of the states with troops in Washington plan to remove them this fall. For West Virginia, that expected removal date is by Nov. 30, according to the AP.

The AP report said that Ohio, Georgia and Mississippi will follow a similar timeline as West Virginia, and South Carolina plans to remove troops by the end of October. Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota had not

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