""I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations,""
""I have been on two humanitarian-esque missions with the guard, which were awesome, doing the things you see on the commercial, helping these communities," says J. "And then you want me to go pick up trash and dissuade homeless people in D.C. at gunpoint. Like, no dude. It's so disheartening every time I see another city and I just wonder, 'who's going to stand up to this?'""
President Trump ordered National Guard deployments to several Democratic-led cities, citing violent crime and protection of federal immigration facilities. A small contingent of Ohio National Guard members used an encrypted group chat to express alarm and question their potential roles in those domestic operations. Several members, identified only by initials, described feeling that these missions exceed normal Guard operations and conflict with prior humanitarian assignments. Members reported dismay at tasks they view as policing civilians, including street patrols and interactions with homeless people. Many proposed deployments across multiple cities remain entangled in legal uncertainty.
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