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The 41 troops from the Missouri National Guard’s mission will be focused on staffing debris-dumping sites in north St. Louis and transporting waste to landfills, Mayor Cara Spencer said Thursday. -
The Missouri National Guard will start its groundwork in St. Louis on Thursday. Mayor Cara Spencer said the Guard will handle large debris. -
Beginning Wednesday, the military force will assist in impacted city neighborhoods to sort through debris and take it to landfills. -
Near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, the Missouri governor and top general of the Missouri National Guard touted the bill, which funds the deployment for 200 troops and 22 highway patrol officers. -
The bill still needs the approval of the Senate. -
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced a plan Tuesday to add 200 Missouri National Guard members and 22 state highway patrol troopers to the 250 guardsmen already deployed to southern border by next month. -
The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers. -
The establishment of the new department comes after nearly 50 years of the Missouri National Guard being part of the Department of Public Safety. -
Missouri voters are being asked to decide whether the state’s National Guard should be its own department. -
The celebration in Waynesville emphasized public service and honor by joining the armed forces.