The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released estimates that put the cost of National Guard deployments to U.S. cities in the past year at about $496 million, Military Times reported.
“Continuing the ongoing deployments at their size as of the end of 2025 would cost $93 million per month,” the report says. “More generally, deploying 1,000 National Guard personnel to a U.S. city in 2026 would cost $18 million to $21 million per month, depending largely on the city’s cost of living.”
Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) called for the analysis.
The Trump administration has indicated that the National Guard will remain in Washington, D.C. for the remainder of 2026, projected to cost $660 million dollars with the current personnel level of 2,950.
National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Renee Crugnale
