Around 315 National Guard troops assisted the Drug Enforcement Agency in executing a federal search warrant Wednesday on suspected illegal marijuana farms in Thermal, a desert community around 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs.

Another 2,000 members of the California National Guard were deployed to Los Angeles to maintain order following riots and protests over immigration enforcement actions across the city, according to U.S. Northern Command.

The Texas National Guard has more than 4,000 deployed to a mission at the U.S. border with Mexico, and another 5,000 have been called up to quell protests planned across the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas National Guard to prepare to manage any “lawlessness” that could arise Saturday during protests planned in cities throughout the state.

Hegseth maintained the call-up of 4,000 National Guard members and 700 active-duty Marines was “lawful and constitutional” and said the same process could be employed in other cities.

The Defense Department doubled the number of National Guard troops to deploy to Los Angeles to help protect federal facilities and personnel as the city grapples with ongoing protests against immigration raids and arrests.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Gen. Randy George, the service chief of staff, said they did not yet know what role National Guard members would play in the immigration enforcement effort but said troop involvement would be legal and in line with training. 

The U.S. military’s training of Ukrainian forces in Bavaria switched to a new Army National Guard unit over the weekend, as Russia appears poised to launch a new offensive in a war well into its third year.

The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing officially began the divestment of its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, with the first jet departing Gowen Field on Tuesday.

Oregon Army National Guard soldier Maj. Tommy Vu achieved 1,422 hand-release pushups, surpassing the minimum requirement of 1,250 repetitions to qualify as an official Guinness World Record. This is Vu’s seventh world record.