That article is Bull Crap FAKE NEWS.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/esper-troops-washington-dc-301568
This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered home several hundred active-duty troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who were brought to the national capital region to respond to protests if needed, a defense official told POLITICO.