12 Guardsmen Relieved of Duty for Inauguration

​DOD News:

With 25,000 National Guard troops in Washington to protect the U.S. Capitol and tomorrow's presidential inauguration of the U.S. 46th president, law enforcement officials have identified and removed 12 people in the Guard's ranks because of security precautions, officials told Pentagon reporters today...Two of the 12 Guardsmen were found to have made "inappropriate comments or texts," Hokanson said, without giving further details on any of those who were pulled from duty..."I don't want to get into the actual vetting and what partner organizations have found, but much of the information is — as the general mentioned — unrelated to the events taking place at the Capitol," Hoffman said. "These are vetting efforts that identify any questionable behavior in the past or any potential link to questionable behavior, not just related to extremism.