Hegseth approves the return of 150 national guard troops to California Wildfire Duty

Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth approved the release of 150 California National Guard troops from a federal security mission in Los Angeles, releasing them for a forest service when the state is entering the cutting edge of fire.

The decision came to the recommendation of General Gregory Guillot, commander of US Northern Command, who oversees the mission.

In a press release provided to Fox News, a USNORTHCOM spokesman said: “The working group 51 will today publish around 150 members of the California National Guard of the Federal Protective Mission”, adding that the force remains “of appropriate origin”.

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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth pronounces remarks at a pentagon meeting on July 1 in Arlington, Virginia. (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)

This decision comes a few days after Guillot asked for the return of 200 soldiers to help confinement of forest fires, The Associated Press reported.

The elite of the joint working group of the national guard elite has been stretched since the president Donald Trump Deployed approximately 4,000 troops from the California National Guard and 800 Marines in Los Angeles in early June in response to violent demonstrations concerning immigration implementation measures.

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The members of the California National Guard are in training during a demonstration in Los Angeles on June 14. (David Pashaee / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

The deployment has triggered the controversy among state political leaders, notably Governor Gavin Newsom, who criticized this decision for drawing essential resources to fight fire in one of the dietary years ever recorded. But the Pentagon has been holding so far.

The working group 51 (TF-51), led by Major-General Scott M. Sherman, is responsible for protecting staff and federal goods.

California National Guard soldiers stand in front of a federal building on June 9 in Los Angeles. (David McNew / Getty images)

According to the American army North, TF-51 “offers a quickly deployable capacity” to help the defense of the fatherland. Sherman, a decorated combat veteran and a long -standing chief of the National Guard, is also assistant commander general of the North American Army.

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Despite the debate on the scope of the mission during the Los Angeles anti-glazing demonstrations, Hegseth was held behind. With 150 soldiers released, around 3,850 soldiers remain based on the 4,000 originally deployed.

“These men and women have registered to serve – not to be Trump’s political accessories,” said Newsom’s office in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. “Let some of them go back to fight fires is a step in the right direction, but thousands of soldiers are still blocked from their real work as police, paramedical paramedics, summer teachers and civil servants. It is time to send them back to them.”