On 7 June 2025, President Trump called "at least 2,000 National Guard personnel" into federal service to protect federal facilities and federal functions in California and without agreement with the governor of the state to do so (CBS News, Whitehouse.gov - 7 June 2025 Presidential Memorandum). Federalizing a state's national guard without agreement from a governor is rare, but not unprecedented (USA Today). For the purposes of this question, "military personnel" include members of the federal armed forces and the national guard under federal command. A state will count if military personnel under federal command pursuant to President Trump's 7 June 2025 memorandum & any subsequent orders are deployed in that state. A deployment of any duration will count. Actions taken by federal officials to whom authority has been delegated that result in a deployment will count. Any deployments to the District of Columbia will not count.

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The question closed "3 or 4" with a closing date of 11 December 2025.

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