Alabama sending Guard for inauguration security
Published 5:00 am Friday, January 15, 2021
- National Guard at the Capitol ahead of next week's 2021 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama is sending 250 Army National Guard soldiers to help provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the governor’s spokeswoman said Thursday.
Gov. Kay Ivey activated the Guard at the request of Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel R. Hokanson, Ivey spokeswoman Gina Maiola said.
The Alabama soldiers will join more than 20,000 Guard members from dozens of other states to support security in Washington D.C.
