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babylonsister

(172,443 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:25 AM Thursday

Pentagon Readying Thousands of Guard 'Reaction Forces'

They're coming for us, sooner or later. When do those cooler heads start to prevail?

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/30/pentagon-readying-thousands-of-guard-reaction-forces/

Pentagon Readying Thousands of Guard ‘Reaction Forces’
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training over the next several months, an indication that the Trump administration’s effort to send uniformed military forces into urban centers — once reserved for extraordinary emergencies — could become the norm,” the Washington Post reports.

“The Defense Department’s newly established ‘quick reaction force’ within the National Guard must be trained, equipped with riot-control gear and ready for deployment by Jan. 1.”

“An existing separate but similar structure, the National Guard Reaction Force, is expected to complete civil unrest training and be fully operational by April 1. The total size of the force will be 23,500 troops across all 50 states and three territories, excluding the District of Columbia.”
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Pentagon Readying Thousands of Guard 'Reaction Forces' (Original Post) babylonsister Thursday OP
They "react" to the ketchup hitting the wall. muriel_volestrangler Thursday #1
Here's the deal, gab13by13 Thursday #2
The Supreme Court and/or Congress could stop this. Baitball Blogger Thursday #3
They must be expecting riots over SNAP benefits being suspended Bookreadingliberal53 Thursday #4
The US military is lining up with the traitor fascist king. Irish_Dem Thursday #5
People who oppose anti-fascism IronLionZion Thursday #6
We are time traveling back to 1930s Germany. Irish_Dem Thursday #7
Maybe he likes Middle Eastern style military dictatorships IronLionZion Thursday #8

muriel_volestrangler

(105,102 posts)
1. They "react" to the ketchup hitting the wall.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:31 AM
Thursday

Each time the Rapist throws a tantrum about a Democratic city, or gets angry at the number of people demanding the Epstein files be released in full, these poor suckers have to "react" by doing bad 'Starship Troopers' cosplay.

gab13by13

(30,321 posts)
2. Here's the deal,
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:41 AM
Thursday

There is a law prohibiting sending in the military during an election.

The work around this is to already have the military on the ground, in the states.

4. They must be expecting riots over SNAP benefits being suspended
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:54 AM
Thursday

I wonder if some have no idea that they are not coming in November…

IronLionZion

(50,221 posts)
6. People who oppose anti-fascism
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 11:56 AM
Thursday

are fascists.

1930s Germany was all about making some folks feel superior and powerful by stepping on others.

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