(The Hill) — The National Guard is building a “quick reaction force” (QRF) of some 23,500 troops trained in crowd control and civil disturbance that can be ready to deploy to U.S. cities by early next ...
The Pentagon is reportedly drawing up plans for a "reaction force" of hundreds of National Guard members who would be ready to deploy at any moment to help quell civil unrest. The plan, reported by ...
The U.S. military has directed National Guard units in all 50 states and both U.S. territories to create specially trained and operational “quick reaction forces” (QRFs) of up to 500 troops each by ...
On Oct. 8, the National Guard’s director of operations, Maj. Gen. Ronald Burkett, sent a memo to every state and territory’s National Guard. The document instructs Alaska to assemble a “quick reaction ...
WASHINGTON — Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy ...