West Virginia National Guard being sent to DC
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The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
After President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive
The 800 soldiers, in round-the-clock shifts of 100 to 200, will support Washington police and federal law enforcement officers.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.
A significantly larger National Guard presence is expected across Washington, D.C. starting Wednesday, as operations shift from evening patrols to around-the-clock deployment, according to a White House official.