A contingency force of National Guard troops will help protect the Capitol from what was described as "impeachment security concerns."https://t.co/hQPW0NfbCp

— POLITICO (@politico) January 24, 2021

Despite the threat, the citizen soldiers [BWAH!] on the ground [no cots ?!] say they have been given little information about the extension, and wonder why they are being forced to endure combat-like conditions in the nation's capital [sic] without a clear mission.

"Quite frankly this is not a `combat zone,' so combat conditions shouldn't apply," said one Guard member on the ground in D.C. who has deployed twice to Afghanistan.