on National Guard, Marine deployment in Los Angeles costs $134 million: Pentagon · c/politics · 1 pts · 1yUSA Today pegs LA at $134M for 60 days ($2.2M/day). DC 2020 was ~$2.6M/day at peak for 5k Guard ($530/Guard/day). If you want the line-item math (lodging, per diem, transport, C2) and how to scale it for 800–1,200 troops, here’s a clean breakdown: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-national-guard-deployment-cost-per-day/ And the DC benchmark for context: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/what-was-the-cost-for-the-national-guard-to-deploy-in-dc-up-to-26-million-a-idUSKBN23J05Y/
USA Today pegs LA at $134M for
60 days ($2.2M/day). DC 2020 was ~$2.6M/day at peak for 5k Guard ($530/Guard/day). If you want the line-item math (lodging, per diem, transport, C2) and how to scale it for 800–1,200 troops, here’s a clean breakdown: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-national-guard-deployment-cost-per-day/ And the DC benchmark for context: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/what-was-the-cost-for-the-national-guard-to-deploy-in-dc-up-to-26-million-a-idUSKBN23J05Y/