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SHARE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the Florida National Guard prepares to intensify its role in setting up mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites around the state, the size of its ranks is becoming a concern. What You Need To Know Size of Florida National Guard force a concern with COVID, storms looming The state has about 12,000 soldiers, one of the leanest forces in the nation The guard is key to Florida's vaccination strategy Lawmakers could consider an increase for the Guard in budget plans In a state that is home to about 21 million people, the Florida National Guard is a force of about 12,000 so...

SHARE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the Florida National Guard prepares to intensify its role in setting up mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites around the state, the size of its ranks is becoming a concern. What You Need To Know Size of Florida National Guard force a concern with COVID, storms looming The state has about 12,000 soldiers, one of the leanest forces in the nation The guard is key to Florida's vaccination strategy Lawmakers could consider an increase for the Guard in budget plans In a state that is home to about 21 million people, the Florida National Guard is a force of about 12,000 so...

State National Guard chiefs call for more troops, more benefits for federal missions January 29 Spc. Elayna Luckey prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 5, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Initial doses of the two-part COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered to National Guard soldiers preparing for deployment at Camp Mabry. (Andrew Smith/Texas Military Department) The heads of the Washington state, California and Michigan Guard spoke out about that strain during a media call on Friday, making a plea for not only more troops, but for the federal benefits promised to them when they signed...

The Guard isn’t going home. Leaders fear retention may suffer January 28 Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitor's Center to reinforce security at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) On the morning of Jan. 20, two divisions’ worth of National Guard troops — around 26,000, according to National Guard Bureau data shared with Military Times — fr...