‘Addicted to the Guard’: Generals call for ‘traffic cop’ to control state governor’s demands

In Florida, about 3,000 of the state’s National Guard troops — nearly 30% — are currently deployed overseas. Another 800 are on federal orders supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , and “quite a few” are deployed to Washington, D.C. , to support local law enforcement. It all makes up more than three times the Guard’s true capacity, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Carruthers, assistant adjutant general of the Florida Guard. And that’s even after the activation in recent years of the Florida State Guard , a volunteer civilian military force, to support hurricane response and other…