Putting this here because it seems to be more about political posturing than an actual thing.
National Guard plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest
So a quarterly duty for 600 troops would be to go TDY and sit at a base as a "standby" option?
Hopefully they're somewhere with a DFAC, so they can feed them for the government rate of $2.8 million a year. If they've gotta get Per Diem that'll be (low end) $25 million. Thats just food, I'm not mathing out lodging or other associated costs.
I know it says T32, but there's no way this plan doesn't tax each state's already thinning budget.
Additionally, how do they get around soldiers from another state operating in a state that didn't request support? That's a huge quagmire to solve first.
All in all, it's probably just stupid grandstanding. I look forward to this becoming Jade Helm 2027