WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to cities across America —from Los Angeles to Chicago, often over governors’ objections — has thrust the nation’s oldest ...
Modern infantrymen carry 80 to 120 pounds of combat gear depending on mission requirements. Night-vision devices and digital systems like ATAK have become fundamental to infantry operations. Plate ...
Most of the Guard members at the center of these deployments aren’t full-time soldiers. They’re teachers, airline pilots, police officers, and college students, among other occupations, who typically ...