400 Ill. National Guard troops return home from D.C.
National Guard soldiers open a gate of the razor wire-topped perimeter fence around the Capitol to allow a colleague in at sunrise in Washington, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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UPDATED 9:21 AM PT – Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Several members of the Illinois National Guard are returning home from the nation’s capitol. In a press briefing Tuesday, Major General Richard Neely said about 400 troops returned home on Monday from the U.S. Capitol Security Mission.
This came after the Defense Department asked the state to provide additional security following the January 6 break-in. At the time, General Neely said the 198th Combat Support Battalion provided the bulk of that manpower.
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