This story highlights the gap between political rhetoric and on-the-ground reality. When troops are sent in with vague or exaggerated justifications, they often end up underutilized—wasting resources and raising questions about whether the deployment was necessary in the first place. It’s a reminder that military deployments shouldn’t be treated like PR stunts.

<p>More than a month after President Trump deployed the U.S. military to Los Angeles amid immigration sweeps, the troops have largely disappeared from public view.</p>

Despite being deployed to Los Angeles to handle unrest and immigration sweeps, National Guard troops have mostly been sitting around with little to do. Instead of high-stakes operations, they've been dealing with boredom—far from the dramatic scenes some might have expected.

National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom

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