More On National Guard

The document first began circulating in March as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in America.

The troops are pulling 12-hour security shifts, officials have said, and are permitted to rest or sleep when not on duty.

Hundreds of National Guard troops on emergency mobilization orders began arriving Thursday to reinforce security in the city.

Many viewed the images of sleeping troops and mistakenly thought that the Guard members were housed inside the Capitol.

Photos of troops sprawled under busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln raced across Twitter and other social media.

The National Guard Bureau declined to specify what weapons troops would carry.

A researcher with the Army Public Health Center said they could not explain why those fields made up the bulk of the cases.

The Army will not grant a lawmaker's request to have the service's CID screen National Guard troops deploying to D.C.

Some active-duty units will participate in the inauguration activities, but those units will be ceremonial in nature.

National Guard troops deploying to Washington, D.C., will have access to lethal weapons.