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Pentagon Prepares Troops Amid Minneapolis Protests and Tensions

1/18/2026

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The Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers to prepare for a potential deployment to Minnesota.
The move follows tensions in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on January 7.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy forces if state officials fail to control the protests.
The soldiers belong to two infantry battalions of the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska.

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The Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers to prepare for a potential deployment to Minnesota.
The move follows tensions in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on January 7.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy forces if state officials fail to control the protests.
The soldiers belong to two infantry battalions of the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska.