LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on Monday that Arkansas National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C.

Governor’s office officials said 100 soldiers are being sent from the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade. Their mission will be to support the D.C. National Guard’s ongoing civil security operations, they said.

Soldiers will assemble at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center in Barling in the coming weeks to complete administrative processing, medical and dental readiness screening, pre-mobilization training, and mission-specific preparation, officials said, adding that after Thanksgiving, the troops will be deployed to the National Guard Capital Region for what is expected to be a “several-month” deployment.

“Arkansas’ Guardsmen are there when w

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