Active military doesn't know shit about National guard movement & activities unless they're directly supporting them. Unless you're source is a Joint Chief or a high up in Army NORTHCOM, odds are they don't know what the fuck NG is doing nor do they care (as far as their mission goes).
Plus in DC the NG reports directly to POTUS.
That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if some small level assets are used for extra security measures, but it's not going to be the martial law you guys fantasize about.
It would be an easy bet to assume that a million man crowd in DC is going to have some NG resources to assist.
Not larping at all, this information was given to me by someone who's also willing to be on the ground assisting in DC, he has skin in the game and wants to know what's going on
Sorry but your buddy is either leading you on or you're making it up. There is no way a marine combat medic (which as I addressed elsewhere isn't even a real thing) knows about any pre-planned military movements.
Unless your friend is a O-5 or above he would have absolutely no idea
I simplified it for the sake of brevity but yes you're right. I'm not military so the distinctions escape me sometimes. I know the fellow was stationed in CA and trained in Japan embedded with Marines, but I literally have zero reason to LARP and am just trying to share information as it comes in.
My buddy has experience as a private citizen attending BLM/Antifa riots in LA (basically to see what's going on, offer medical assistance like Kyle R, not as a protester) so I have no reason to think his intel about protests is bogus. He offered to fly out and go to DC with me if I needed another person to watch my back and offered a lot of helpful tips on safety in urban riot zones. You sure there's no way he could have found out any of this through the grapevine?
The national guard activates on a needed basis. So the governor (or POTUS for DC) would request troops, and the guard would provide them.
For something like this, they wouldn't say "hey just FYI we're deploying on the 6th". They wouldn't even notify the units until probably 24-48 hrs prior for a localized activation. The actual units probably wouldn't even know they're being activated until the 2nd or 3rd.
For example, we had to activate some medics to help distribute COVID vaccines, put out the tasking on Friday for a Monday suspense. About 72 hrs
All that being said, it is a VERY safe guess that national guard soldiers will be activated if there's a massive political protest/rally, given the times we live in. But that would be for riot control, not any martial law stuff... Think military response to the George Floyd riots.
So what your buddy was Tell you was most likely speculation, albeit a very safe assumption
LARP.
Active military doesn't know shit about National guard movement & activities unless they're directly supporting them. Unless you're source is a Joint Chief or a high up in Army NORTHCOM, odds are they don't know what the fuck NG is doing nor do they care (as far as their mission goes).
Plus in DC the NG reports directly to POTUS.
That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if some small level assets are used for extra security measures, but it's not going to be the martial law you guys fantasize about.
It would be an easy bet to assume that a million man crowd in DC is going to have some NG resources to assist.
Not larping at all, this information was given to me by someone who's also willing to be on the ground assisting in DC, he has skin in the game and wants to know what's going on
Sorry but your buddy is either leading you on or you're making it up. There is no way a marine combat medic (which as I addressed elsewhere isn't even a real thing) knows about any pre-planned military movements.
Unless your friend is a O-5 or above he would have absolutely no idea
I simplified it for the sake of brevity but yes you're right. I'm not military so the distinctions escape me sometimes. I know the fellow was stationed in CA and trained in Japan embedded with Marines, but I literally have zero reason to LARP and am just trying to share information as it comes in.
My buddy has experience as a private citizen attending BLM/Antifa riots in LA (basically to see what's going on, offer medical assistance like Kyle R, not as a protester) so I have no reason to think his intel about protests is bogus. He offered to fly out and go to DC with me if I needed another person to watch my back and offered a lot of helpful tips on safety in urban riot zones. You sure there's no way he could have found out any of this through the grapevine?
Positive. Probably just heard a private rumor.
The national guard activates on a needed basis. So the governor (or POTUS for DC) would request troops, and the guard would provide them.
For something like this, they wouldn't say "hey just FYI we're deploying on the 6th". They wouldn't even notify the units until probably 24-48 hrs prior for a localized activation. The actual units probably wouldn't even know they're being activated until the 2nd or 3rd.
For example, we had to activate some medics to help distribute COVID vaccines, put out the tasking on Friday for a Monday suspense. About 72 hrs
All that being said, it is a VERY safe guess that national guard soldiers will be activated if there's a massive political protest/rally, given the times we live in. But that would be for riot control, not any martial law stuff... Think military response to the George Floyd riots.
So what your buddy was Tell you was most likely speculation, albeit a very safe assumption