Forced to vacate the Capitol, National Guard soldiers are now sleeping in a parking garage.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

“the soldiers there, they said, were from the National Guards of Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama.”

National Guard soldiers mobilized for inauguration security have been moved from the Capitol to sleep in a nearby parking garage, which is still in use by vehicles. It’s cold, full of car exhaust, and has one bathroom

Link to tweet

[servermsh]

1. FYI, Schumer said he would investigate how and why this happened n/t

[Laelth]

2. Not cool.

I want to hear an explanation for this, and then I want to hear an apology. Finally, I would like to see some appropriate reparations.

-Laelth

[RANDYWILDMAN]

3. We can do better then this

They did the job everybody needed them to do, now we don't treat our soldiers like this do we ???

[Hoyt]

4. This won't go over well if true.

[cwydro]

5. I've wondered from the beginning how they were dealing with bathrooms.

And food, water, etc.

Seems poorly handled.

[sakabatou]

6. WTF is going on?

[Klaralven]

7. Wonder where my grand nephew is.

I think his unit arrived in about the middle of arrivals. It's unlikely that he got to visit the capitol. Probably doing duty on some DC streets.

I'd hope they'd open up some of the buildings on the mall for them. It would be nice to sleep in the Smithsonian.

[msongs]

8. biden is CIC he can order changes nt

[Klaralven]

9. Seems to me that JFHQ-NCR / MDW should be hosting the National Guard Units

COMMANDING GENERAL - Maj. Gen. Omar J. Jones, IV

DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL - INAUGURATION - Brig. Gen. Robert D. Bowie

https://www.mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/leadership