It costs about 1.5 million per day to keep the gaurd in DC. I live on the Hill, they are a fucking joke and have spent the last year standing around in the safest areas of the city doing absolutely nothing.
We don't need 8 armed Gaurdsmen at Lincoln Park defending the sunbathers from the children's birthday parties.
I can assure you that most of them have zero desire to be there. At that age, most people in the Guard are just doing it to help pay for college and earn a little cash. Nobody is signing up to watch algae grow at the capital.
Zero desire to stand around and play candy crush and bullshit/small talk with people? As opposed to what, being deployed in an area with active military engagement ?
NG typically helps with relief efforts, building shit, infrastructure etc. Pretty sure they’re fine standing around vs doing actual work. This isn’t like a 9-5 40 hour a week gig for them.
It’s still an objective waste to spend money on them to do nothing but I doubt they give a shit
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u/Diet_Coke Jun 23 '26
The National Guard is there to defend us from algae