Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.

They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare. This is kind of thing you do when planning to massacre civilians.

Edit: The Washington Post is now saying the same thing:

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say

Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
    23·
    10 hours ago

    They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare.

    So that one guy slipping on ice really sent a message, but not protests? Figures.

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      From experience, artic warfare is more about wearing snow shoes than walking on ice. The rubber boots and thick socks don’t do much for ice but they make walking back to Wheeler Sacks more comfortable after a week of sleeping in a snow drift.