Hawaii Troops Help Secure US Capitol As Biden Takes Oath
Hawaii Troops Help Secure US Capitol As Biden Takes Oath - Honolulu Civil Beat Nearly 200 troops were deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for the inauguration. Reading time: 4 minutes. WASHINGTON — Less than a year ago, Army Sgt. John Garidan was in Afghanistan on a mission with the Hawaii National Guard. The harsh conditions, and specifically the snow and the ice, helped prepare him for his latest assignment in Washington, D.C., but not the circumstances that brought him here. Garidan and his fellow guardsmen, many of them armed with M-4 assault rifles, were in the district ...