{"id":2555788,"date":"2026-01-28T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-domestic-deployments-could-cost-more-than-1-billion-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:09:36","slug":"national-guard-domestic-deployments-could-cost-more-than-1-billion-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-domestic-deployments-could-cost-more-than-1-billion-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard domestic deployments could cost more than $1 billion in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnational-guard-domestic-deployments-could-cost-more-than-1-billion-in-2026%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2555788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Congressional Budget Office estimate released Wednesday says continued domestic National Guard deployments at 2025 levels would cost roughly $93 million per month \u2014 more than $1.1 billion over a full year in 2026. The CBO calculated the federal cost for 2025 at about $496 million (excluding a late-year New Orleans mission) and estimates that deploying about 1,000 Guard members to a U.S. city runs $18\u201321 million per month, covering pay, benefits, healthcare, lodging, food, and transportation. the review was prompted by a request from Sen. Jeff Merkley and other senators. Last year, President Donald Trump sent Guard troops or active-duty Marines to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Portland, Chicago, and New Orleans to respond to protests, crime, and protect federal sites \u2014 actions that drew pushback from democrats and many local officials.Some missions (Portland, Los Angeles, chicago) have completed demobilization; others remain active or extended (memphis unclear, New Orleans through Feb. 2026, D.C. extended), and the Pentagon has ordered about 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-karine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-explain-why-biden-is-sending-troops-to-the-secure-border\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Karine Jean-Pierre Struggles to Justify Biden&#039;s Troop ... to Border\">500 active-duty troops<\/a> on standby for a potential Minnesota deployment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">National Guard domestic deployments could cost more than $1 billion in 2026<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2468222\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Domestic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\">National Guard<\/a> deployments could cost the federal government more than $1 billion in 2026 if they continue at the same rate they did last year, according to a new estimate from the Congressional Budget Office released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> deployed National Guard troops or active-duty Marines to Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C.; Memphis, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; Chicago, Illinois; and New Orleans, Louisiana last year, though that list could expand further this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4437430\/rubio-iran-take-over-supreme-leader-removed\/\">Rubio: &#8216;No one knows&#8217; who would take over if Iran&#8217;s supreme leader is removed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4436544\/trumps-zelensky-problem-he-wont-give-up\/\">Trump&rsquo;s Zelensky problem: he won&rsquo;t give up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4436253\/democrats-draw-red-line-new-ice-guardrails-fix-congress\/\">Democrats draw red line on new ICE guardrails: &lsquo;Fix should come from Congress&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Based on how the CBO calculated the 2025 expenses, that framework suggests it would cost the U.S. roughly $93 million per month if the deployments continued in 2026 at the size they were last year. Based on the estimation, it would exceed $1.1 billion over the course of a full year.<\/p>\n<p>The CBO projects it cost the federal government $496 million for all but the New Orleans deployment in 2025, which occurred at the very end of the year and was thus excluded from their tally. So, the total for the whole year is higher when factoring in that last deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The report also notes more generally that deploying about 1,000 U.S. National Guard troops to a U.S. city this year would cost between $18 million and $21 million per month. The CBO assessment factored in the costs incurred for military pay, benefits, and healthcare, as well as for lodging, food, and transportation for the deployments.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a group of roughly a dozen senators who asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">budget office<\/a> in October to conduct an independent review into deployment costs, which prompted the review.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has used these deployments as ways to suppress protests, stop crime, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse\/\" title=\"CNN, MSNBC Perplexed Why Portland Police Are Quitting En Masse\">protect federal buildings<\/a> and personnel despite significant pushback from Democrats and many local officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4423687\/pentagon-orders-1500-active-duty-troops-prepare-minnesota-deployment\/\">PENTAGON ORDERS 1,500 ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS TO PREPARE FOR MINNESOTA DEPLOYMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of last week, the National Guard troops that were deployed for these missions under Title 10 in Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago have completed demobilizing activities, according to U.S. Northern Command, while the mission in Memphis doesn&rsquo;t have a clear end date, the New Orleans deployment will go through the month of February 2026, and the Washington, D.C., mission was recently extended through 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\">Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;has also ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty troops to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4423687\/pentagon-orders-1500-active-duty-troops-prepare-minnesota-deployment\/\">remain on standby<\/a> for a possible deployment to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a>, where protests against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> are prevalent after two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >separate law enforcement officer shootings killed<\/a> two civilian protesters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Guard missions may cost $1B+ in 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