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By Staff Sgt. Dustin Jordan – 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade   CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – South Dakota National Guard soldiers assigned to the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), are deployed to Camp Lemonnier, as the core staff for Combined Joint Task force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA).   “The 196th MEB is the nucleus of Combined Joint Task force – Horn of Africa,” said Maj. Gen. Lapthe Flora, commanding general, CJTF – HOA. “Their mission is to support U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and forces here in East Africa.   AFRICOM’s mission is to counter transnational ...

Two business owners arrested for assaulting Capitol Police officer who died following January 6 attack On Sunday, two restaurant owners were arrested and charged with assaulting Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and two other Capitol Police with bear spray during the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Sicknick died the following evening. However, the cause of death has not yet been determined. Army Maj. Gen. William Walker, Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on ...

Amidst ongoing threats of fascist violence, National Guard soldiers to remain deployed around Capitol Demonstrating the ongoing threat of fascistic terrorist violence and persistent concerns of an “insider” attack, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday evening approved a request from acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman to keep 2,300 National Guard soldiers deployed around the Capitol complex for another 60 days, through May 23. National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the Capitol grounds since the evening of January 6 after a far-right mob on the orders of former Pre...

Miller, who was appointed by Trump, didn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry to activate the D.C. National Guard when rioters overran the U.S. Capitol.

As thousands of Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol on January 6 in a bid to halt the certification of the Electoral College results, dozens of DC National Guard troops...