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Past Deployment of Military Troops in Los Angeles County
| Year |
Deployment |
Reason |
| 1846 |
U.S.
Navy & Marine Corp Units |
Invasion
of Los Angeles Area (Province of Mexico) |
| 1847 |
U.S.
Navy, Marine & Army Units* |
Recapture
of Los Angeles area (from Mexican militia) |
| 1861 |
U.S.
Army Troops |
To
provide a garrison of Union troops during Civil
War |
| 1894 |
U.S.
Army Troops |
Railroad
labor strike and unrest |
| 1965 |
National
Guard Troops |
Civil
riots sparked by LAPD traffic stop in Watts area |
| 1992 |
National
Guard, U.S. Army & Marine Units** |
Civil
riots sparked by the acquittals of LAPD officers accused of beating black
motorist Rodney King |
|
2001 |
National Guard Troops |
78 troops provide security for LAX in the wake
of a threat by international terrorism |
* Also resulted in the establishment of
Fort Moore on July 4, 1847. The fort, named for Captain Benjamin D. Moore
(killed 1846, Battle of San Pasqual in action against Mexican militia),
overlooked the Pueblo of Los Angeles and garrisoned 200 U.S. Army troops. It was
abandoned after only one year. The site is now part of the Los Angeles Unified
School District Headquarters.
** Military units deployed to
help quell the Los Angeles urban riots in April 1992 were collectively
referred to as Joint Task Force Los Angeles.
They were commanded by
U.S. Army Major General Marvin Covault, Commanding General of the 7th
Infantry Division (Light), then stationed at Fort Ord, California.
Several thousand troops of the 7th Infantry Division were
air transported to area, arriving at Marine Corps Air Station El
Toro beginning in the late evening hours of April 30, 1992. - Information
provided by Morgan P. Yates, former MP, 7th Military Police Company, 7th
Infantry Division.
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