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riversedge

(79,975 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:50 PM 2 hrs ago

Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis

Source: abc



More than 1,500 federal troops in Alaska had been placed on alert.
Steven Beynon February 3, 2026, 8:53 AM

The Pentagon’s Northern Command over the weekend stood down more than 1,500 federal troops placed on alert for potential deployment to Minneapolis, according to two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

ABC News first reported that roughly 1,500 active duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska had been ordered to prepare for a possible mission to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

Additional units across the country, including some 200 Texas National Guard troops, also had been directed to make preparations.

No specific mission was ever outlined, and placing units on alert is a relatively routine step when commanders anticipate a potential presidential order, according to officials familiar with the planning. The New York Times was the first to report that units were being taken off high alert...........


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/military-stands-troops-ordered-prep-deploy-minneapolis/story?id=129797524






Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis

More than 1,500 federal troops in Alaska had been placed on alert.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/mil...

(@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-02-03T22:44:05.770Z

1,500 troops on standby for Minnesota deployment, 2 defense officials say Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.
Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images

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Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis (Original Post) riversedge 2 hrs ago OP
The sky will be filled with US Army paratroopers parachuting into the city. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #1
No. Aviation Pro 2 hrs ago #2
They will do what Trump tells them to do or lose their rank and pension. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #8
It's absolutely disgusting their deployment to MN was even being considered groundloop 2 hrs ago #3
The imagine in itself will put majority of Americans ................ Lovie777 2 hrs ago #4
To Greenland instead? IronLionZion 2 hrs ago #5
This whole thing has been a fiasco for republicans. C_U_L8R 2 hrs ago #6
My step-son is Army Airborne, stationed at Elmendorf-Richardson. Americanme 1 hr ago #7

Irish_Dem

(80,371 posts)
1. The sky will be filled with US Army paratroopers parachuting into the city.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:54 PM
2 hrs ago

It will be a terrifying sight to see.
Hundreds of parachutes landing armed US troops on US soil.

Aviation Pro

(15,338 posts)
2. No.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

There is only one airborne division that can do that and their OPTEMPO at the moment can’t handle a mission like that.

Irish_Dem

(80,371 posts)
8. They will do what Trump tells them to do or lose their rank and pension.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:26 PM
1 hr ago

The old rules do not apply.

Trump loves making terrifying statements.
This would be right up his ally.

I once saw the sky filled with US paratrooper parachutes.
Armed men landing on an open field.

It was a scary sight.

Lovie777

(22,206 posts)
4. The imagine in itself will put majority of Americans ................
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:01 PM
2 hrs ago

in freedom mode because in reality that order by the "crazy" President of the USA is not warranted.

Americanme

(430 posts)
7. My step-son is Army Airborne, stationed at Elmendorf-Richardson.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:09 PM
1 hr ago

This stand down order is good news for me.

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