Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say

Associated Press (AP)CenterEN 2 min read 100% complete by By KONSTANTIN TOROPINJanuary 18, 2026 at 08:23 PM

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The Pentagon has ordered approximately 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for potential deployment to Minnesota. These soldiers, from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska, specialize in arctic conditions. The deployment could occur if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, a 19th-century law allowing the use of troops for law enforcement. This follows Trump's recent threat to use the act to quell protests against federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. While a Pentagon spokesman did not deny the orders, Trump suggested a day later that using the act wasn't currently necessary, despite having threatened to invoke it previously.

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