The blur of camouflage and helmets made it nearly impossible to tell the difference between police and National Guard members four years ago when thousands of troops and law enforcement officers locked down nation's capital.

Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting.

Thousands of members of the Army National Guard were deployed to areas hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.

The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers — or 25% — short of its recruitment goal this year, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist.

A group of 25 Florida National Guard soldiers will make for the horn of Africa early Friday morning as part of the 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade.