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Virginia House Passes Defend the Guard 99-0

by Hunter | Feb 5, 2025

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that bars the deployment of Virginia’s National Guard into active combat in a conflict that Congress has not explicitly authorized. “I understand that war is sometimes necessary, but I expect Congress to display...

Press Release: ‘Defend the Guard’ Passes Virginia House of Delegates

by Hunter | Feb 4, 2025

This morning the Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed the Defend the Guard Act in a 99-0 vote. This legislation would prohibit the deployment of the Virginia National Guard into active combat unless Congress has first voted to declare war. H.B. 2193 was...

Veterans Group Declares National Guard Deployment to Africa “Unconstitutional”

by Defend the Guard | Dec 16, 2021

Bring Our Troops Home is condemning the planned deployment of 1,000 Kentucky and Virginia National Guard personnel to unspecified combat support operations in Africa as “unconstitutional.” “This recent phenomenon of using the National Guard in combat zones or armed...