An all expense paid trip to Rural South Texas in July. Without the Federal benefits. Oh Joy…

This sounds like a complete waste of money and time.

My guess is that they will essentially send a bunch of ‘volunteers’ rather than an actual unit as the units are already prepping for annual 2 weeks training. And many of the units have required training that they need to undergo.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said Wednesday that he’s deploying 100 National Guard troops to the U.S. border in Texas, heeding the call of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and following in the footsteps of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

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Youngkin’s executive directive specifies that the 100 troops will be joined by 21 support personnel in a 30-day deployment, though the order is in effect for July through September. Democratic state lawmakers said they have been told by the administration that a one-month deployment will cost $3.1 million in state funds. Youngkin’s office confirmed that figure.

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“The Virginia National Guard is staffing the support request and has not assigned a unit to the mission at this time,” Guard spokesman A.A. “Cotton” Puryear said in an email to The Washington Post. “We expect the troops to deploy to Texas in July, but the exact time has not been finalized.”

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