Inside look at how 25,000 National Guardsmen are arriving in Washington, DC

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A major logistical feat was organized on short notice.
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Thousands of National Guardsmen from across America are arriving daily in Washington, D.C., as they build up to the 25,000 members authorized to help provide security at next week's presidential inauguration in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Bringing in so many guardsmen has been a major logistical feat in just a matter of days has been a major logistical feat after the Secret Service requested that the number of personnel increase from15,000 to 25,000. The number of guardsmen in the city will be a military force five times larger than the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

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