Overview
- Orders now run until December 31, 2026, marking the third extension since the August 2025 crime emergency deployment.
- Roughly 2,400 to 2,700 personnel are assigned, including about 700 from the D.C. National Guard and the rest from 11 states.
- Officials say the longer timeline provides greater stability for troops and families, though the orders can be shortened.
- Guard duties include armed street patrols as well as civic work such as trash collection, landscaping and graffiti removal.
- The D.C. mission continues under federal authority as courts curtailed similar deployments in other cities, and recent violence included the fatal November shooting of a West Virginia specialist.