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Guardsmen were deployed to the region.
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The law allows guardsmen to make arrests in specific situations, but they're primarily tasked with keeping the peace and providing logistical support.
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Video captured guardsmen in yellow vests offering donuts and coffee out the back of a vehicle.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In California, nearly all of the initial 4,000 California guardsmen and 700 Marines deployed left the state during the summer.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Video captured guardsmen in yellow vests offering donuts and coffee out the back of a vehicle.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In California, nearly all of the initial 4,000 California guardsmen and 700 Marines deployed left the state during the summer.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guardsman. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən 
: a member of a national guard, coast guard, or similar military body
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