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Overnight deployment: How Maryland Guard troops readied to protect US Capitol
Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment help provide security at a check point on New Jersey Ave. on the North side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. <br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment help provide security at a check point on New Jersey Ave. on the North side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. <br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Baltimore firefighter Ryan Marani was preparing for work Jan. 6 when he saw the news – the U.S. Capitol had been overtaken by a mob. As a specialist with the Maryland National Guard, he knew the call was coming.

National Guard troops on the scene at 3rd and H streets in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.<br>Robert H. Reid, Stars and Stripes
National Guard troops on the scene at 3rd and H streets in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.<br>Robert H. Reid, Stars and Stripes

Guard troops pour into Washington as states answer the call

By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops were pouring into the nation's capital on Saturday, as governors answered the urgent pleas of U.S. defense officials for more troops.

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller speaks to reporters on a government aircraft en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 14, 2021.<br>Lisa Ferdinando/Department of Defense
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“I cannot wait to leave this job, believe me,” Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Thursday to reporters as they were returning from a visit to U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force
A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force

Joint Army-Air Force base in Alaska bans on-post alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

By Friday afternoon, the announcement had garnered nearly 300 comments on Facebook, most critical of the prohibition on overnight purchases.


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