Hegseth Expands DC National Guard Deployment With Boats, Vehicles

The expansion matters less for the capital's streets than for the precedent it sets: National Guard assets being folded into domestic federal law enforcement, with boats, marked vehicles and tactical transports now part of a policing posture running through year-end. The federal-officer-aboard requirement for arrests signals an effort to keep Guard personnel in a support role, a line worth watching as operations widen. Whether this becomes a template for other cities, or remains a DC-specific arrangement tied to the Anacostia enforcement push, is the open question.