Pentagon To Withdraw Marines From Los Angeles

July 21, 2025 Military, Trump Administration

The New York Times reports:

Pentagon officials will begin withdrawing 700 active-duty Marines who were sent to Los Angeles last month, the latest scaling back of the Trump administration’s contentious military deployment in Southern California.

The withdrawal of the Marines follows the departure of nearly 2,000 California National Guard soldiers and a smaller contingent of about 150 specialized Guard firefighters. The troops had been dispatched to Los Angeles by President Trump starting on June 7, after protests erupted there over immigration raids. More than half will now have been ordered back to base; an 1,892-member brigade of military police remains.

The Pentagon’s chief spokesman, Sean Parnell, framed the pullout as the natural closure of a successful military response that was needed to quell civil unrest in the nation’s second-largest city. A Defense Department official said the Marines were expected to complete their withdrawal by as soon as Tuesday.

Read the full article. Last month Hegseth repeatedly refused to answer questions at a Senate hearing about the cost of deploying those Marines.



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