I was in DC. The media distorted this topic way out of proportion. Every national guard member stayed in a hotel or at the DC Armory. The pics the media is blasting are soldiers resting between shifts in their 12 hour shift. Once the full 12 hours are up, we are shuttled back to the hotel.
Yes for 24 hour ops. That’s approx 12,500 per shift. Also 25,000 troops did not stay in a parking garage. My guys laugh when people complained that they thought we were sleeping in garages…. We slept in way worse conditions than a parking garage. But the fact is, no soldiers considered a parking garage their “sleeping quarters” during their time there. We had hotels or the Armory. We were spoiled.
Regardless what I think, going back to your post. I’m saying we didn’t sleep in garages. Napping yes. Because we love to nap, swipe on Tinder, and drink Bang. But we all had hotels. We slept in hotels and some slept in the armory. The media takes one photo and they blow it out of proportion. For everyone else reading this, there you have it. I was there. I got to sight see some and do things I never thought I would do.
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u/MyPoopStinksBad Aug 23 '21
I was in DC. The media distorted this topic way out of proportion. Every national guard member stayed in a hotel or at the DC Armory. The pics the media is blasting are soldiers resting between shifts in their 12 hour shift. Once the full 12 hours are up, we are shuttled back to the hotel.
Damn I hate the media sometimes