Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper ordered 700 airborne soldiers to head back to Fort Bragg, N.C., by evening and a Pentagon official said the remaining 900 soldiers from the division as well as a military police unit from Fort Drum, N.Y., could begin withdrawing as early as Friday. More than 2,000 National Guard forces remain in Washington, a number set to climb to 4,500.
Nearly 1000 soldiers to withdraw from Washington DC
(VOVWORLD) -President Trump agreed on Thursday to begin sending home 82nd Airborne Division troops he had ordered to Washington, temporarily easing a contentious standoff with the Pentagon over the role of the armed forces in quelling protests that have broken out across the nation.
