Thousands of Guard troops to stay in Washington as threats target lawmakers ahead of impeachment trial January 24 WASHINGTON Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. The threats, and concerns that armed protesters could return to sack the Capitol anew, have prompted the U.S. Capitol Police and other federal law enforcement to insist thousands of National Guard troops remain in Washington as the Senate moves forward with plans for Trump’s trial, the official said.
Troops thought the snow was colder than usual. The turkey dinner served at noon tasted good, but otherwise there was still watch to be stood, weapons to be cleaned and gloves to be thawed out. – Official Report, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, Malmedy, Belgium - New Year s Eve, 1944
By then, the main Battle of the Bulge had thwarted the German attacks which began Dec. 16, 1944. From defensive foxholes, the 120th, which included Wilmington-area National Guard soldiers fighting since Normandy, noted a quiet front without harassing fire. Vigilance, hunker down, and send patrols to capture prisoners.
“Three hours into the new year two platoons set out across the snow to investigate a strong point in a house 200 yards southwest of the road junction at Baugnez” in no-man’s-land, the report continued. Germans fired on the raiding party. Flanking the enemy through a field southwest of Baugnez, “Some of the men stumbled over uneven humps in the ground.”
In the last month, nearly 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been sent to North Carolina, however only one-third of those vaccines have been administered.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) More than 300 National Guard troops are planning to return home to North Carolina early next week after aiding in security protection for the Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington D.C.
A little more than a week ago, Gov. Roy Cooper mobilized approximately 200 Guard personnel to go to the nation s capital to assist based on threats of significant large-scale protests in D.C. Two days later, he called upon an additional wave of 100 more troops to provide security. When we have opportunities to come out and use this equipment, we try to pull different personnel from the state not only to allow them to see a different kind of mission and to get the opportunity to work on state active duty, but also to push that knowledge out so if something like this happens again we re able to pull from different units, Capt. Chelsea Beale said in a statement.
COVID-19 vaccinations start in North Carolina prisons by Nyamekye Daniel, The Center Square | January 22, 2021 03:00 PM Print this article
About 1,000 of the 1,300 COVID-19 vaccine doses set aside for North Carolina s prisons were sent to the facilities this week.
Four prisons are regional hubs for the first portion of vaccine deliveries from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The North Carolina National Guard and prison health care workers started administering the Moderna vaccines Wednesday. More doses are expected each week. Prisons were not made with social distancing in mind at the time when they were constructed, so we re dealing with a very difficult situation, North Carolina Commissioner of Prisons Todd Ishee said Thursday. It is challenging our staff. It s challenging our offender population.