Oklahoma and Arkansas to send 260 Guardsmen to DC

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Source: abcnews


Dec 02, 2025, 6:33 PM CST



The governors of Oklahoma and Arkansas will send a combined 260 National Guardsmen to Washington, D.C., after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week vowed to bring 500 more to the District after the shooting of two Guard members.

A U.S. Army spokesperson said the number of Guardsmen in the city will begin to tick up over the next several weeks as they arrive, but there's no target date or deadline to reach 500 new troops.


Oklahoma will send approximately 160 Guardsmen and Arkansas will send roughly 100, joining the 2,200 Guardsmen from eight other states and the District of Columbia.

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said Tuesday that all 2,200 Guard members in D.C. are now armed and that the additional 500 will also be armed. She confirmed that the Guard in D.C. is now conducting joint patrols with D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.



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If I were a traveler, I would NOT visit these cites with guardsman and their guns!!



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National Guard patrol along the National Mall in front of the Capitol, Nov. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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