But why are such orders being made? The EO sez, "...in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation’s healthcare systems..."
Why is deployment of active duty military needed for that? I understand the virus outbreak threatens our health care systems, but what can military troops do about it? They can't shoot the virus.... Somebody on Facebook speculated this was the beginning of martial law. And a website speculated that these soldiers would be needed to fight an invasion on our soil by the Chinese military...
I lived through the Rodney King riots in LA. They happened almost instantly and suddenly the city was on fire. There were fires burning all four directions from where I lived. It didn’t calm down until the national guard with full auto weapons were patrolling Wilshire Blvd.
People are bored and bad guys are bored and it’s a big country. All it might take is one shooting by a policeman that gets filmed and posted on Facebook. Or some a$$hole walking into a hospital with a gun. The risk of civil disorder spreading today is much, much higher than it was two months ago.
Bored people do stupid things. Especially in groups. Flash mobs are almost ridiculously simple to conjure up.
In summary, I don’t think Trump is interested at all in martial law and I think this is a good precaution. This order doesn’t effect a callup. It merely enables it. If the cities burn, I guarantee you’ll be happy when the Guard shows up. And you’ll be happy for your second amendment rights.
Trump is usually two steps ahead of everybody else, and this gives him the ability to focus LO type help quickly where it’s needed. And why might that be?
COVID-19 could easily cripple an entire city’s police dept. especially in a hotspot like NYC.
Unrest/riots/violence could become widespread as the lockdowns continue.
Orderly distribution of food/resources where in short supply.
To quickly respond to threats of terrorist attacks or invasion, including to lockdown our southern border.
And of course, there’s always the unknown as in “he knows something we don’t know”.
Interesting times we’re living in, and I thank God everyday that that we have President Trump at the helm.
Keep order. Augment logistics. People in “Isolation” may be able to call out for urgent needs, food, etc. our best tool to stop this virus is don’t let it get to “it’s next host”. Not drugs. Not ventilators. Don’t let it infect one more person. That is the ONLY way to stop an epidemic. Don’t give it it’s next victim. What makes epidemics so “historical” is by the time you are “through with it” it ain’t through with you. When you’re finally horrified enough to do what needs to be done you still have two weeks of escalating horror.
My guess is that most of them are medical and logistics personnel (doctors, nurses, technicians, etc.) to help augment the civilian medical system. As more people get sick, more health care workers will get sick themselves, and will need help / backup.
No doubt there are hundreds of thousands of medical personnel, doctors, nurses, medical corpsmen, medical logistics, technicians and who knows out there that can be brought back into service and deployed.
“...And a website speculated that these soldiers would be needed to fight an invasion on our soil by the Chinese military...”
In my 69+ years, I’ve never seen such a huge govt. response to a “virus”. Like many other older Freepers here, I saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of Kennedy, and many other trying events etc. And more recently, of course, 9/11.
Something is up and we’re definitely not being told the whole story....and probably for high security reasons.
As we all know, a bioweapon is sent to destroy the human population & weaken/destroy a military allowing for an invasion force to take over with minimal resistance leaving practically all of the infrastructure in place.
IF this is what’s truly happening, then they have cohorts in collusion of this event within the domestic communist Left. It’s those SOBs that need to be immediately ferreted, out, arrested, tried and shot for treason.
The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, will ensure appropriate consultation is undertaken with relevant state officials with respect to the utilization of National Guard Reserve Component units activated under this authority.
In other words, National Guard authorization will be available if the states need them.......