The top military commander in charge of the National Guard troops President Donald Trump deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement is requesting a portion of the forces return to wildfire fighting duty.
Northern Command head, Gen. Gregory Guillot, submitted a request to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that 200 of the troops be reassigned back to Joint Task Force Rattlesnake, which is the California National Guard’s wildfire unit, a U.S. official told NOTUS on Monday.
The news was first reported by the Associated Press on Monday. It remains unclear how soon the Pentagon will respond to the request.