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WASHINGTON (May 19, 2021) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman, and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on House leaders’ recommendation to create a permanent National Guard QRF to help protect the U.S. Capitol:
“We are concerned with the recommendation to establish a standing National Guard quick reaction force to help protect the U.S. Capitol.
“While the National Guard is able to pivot and take on a multitude of missions, our soldiers and airmen should only perform law enforcement as a last resort.
“With the Guard’s overlapping deployments for overseas operations, COVID-19, firefighting and hurricane response, a dedicated QRF would be another personnel-intensive requirement on our force as well as a detractor from the Guard’s main mission of serving as the primary reserve of the Army and Air Force.
“The Guard mission at the Capitol is coming to end. It’s time for local law enforcement to take it from here. All of it.”
Reporters, Editors & Producers: Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson are available for interviews or to appear as subject matter experts on issues related to the National Guard. Contact John Goheen at 202-408-5882 to schedule an interview or appearance.
About NGAUS: The association includes nearly 45,000 current or former Guard officers. It was created in 1878 to provide unified National Guard representation in Washington. In their first productive meeting after Reconstruction, militia officers from the North and South formed the association with the goal of obtaining better equipment and training by educating Congress on Guard requirements. Today, 143 years later, NGAUS has the same mission.
