National Guard cancels trainings after Congress fails to reimburse for Capitol riot deployment
The National Guard is canceling trainings after Congress failed to reimburse the force for its months-long deployment at the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6 insurrection. National Guard Bureau spokesman Wayne Hall told The Hill that six events from the Nebraska National Guard have been canceled to save money because Congress has still not reimbursed the branch for its deployment.
The events canceled in August and September include a marksmanship sustainment exercise, a company commander and first sergeants pre-command course, a commander’s training synchronization workshop, a commander's unit status report, small arms familiarization school, and National Guard endurance team time trials.
Officials with the National Guard have warned Congress on multiple occasions that trainings and the branches' readiness would be negatively impacted if the National Guard wasn't reimbursed the $521 million used during its deployment in Washington, D.C. "Without reimbursement funding, there is significant impact on National Guard readiness if we're not able to resolve this in a timely manner," Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said in a statement on July 17.
National Guard members from every state and territory protected the Capitol for months after a group of Trump supporters breached Capitol security on Jan. 6. in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. The long stay came with a big bill that Congress will not pay up until a deal is reached on emergency appropriations between lawmakers (currently being heldup by the GOP).
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/564680-national-guard-cancels-trainings-after-congress-fails-to-reimburse
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