About 350 Louisiana National Guard members are set to deploy throughout the state as part of an effort to curb crime, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 23.
The deployment announcement comes weeks after President Donald Trump previewed the action in early December.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized the troop activation on Dec. 22.
“These National Guard troops will support federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, as they enforce federal law and counter high rates of violent crime in New Orleans and other metropolitan areas in Louisiana,” Parnell said in a statement on Tuesday….