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Oregon National Guard mobilized under Title 10 for Portland security mission; committee presses on scope, training and costs
Summary
Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewald told lawmakers the governor and Guard received a federal order to mobilize 200 troops under Title 10 beginning Sept. 28 for an Army North mission likely to secure federal property in Portland; lawmakers asked about Posse Comitatus limits, state capacity for wildfire response and who will bear costs.
Brigadier General Alan Gronewald told the Senate Interim Committee on Sept. 30 that the governor and he had received a memorandum from the secretary of war directing the mobilization of 200 members of the Oregon National Guard under Title 10 authority, effective Sept. 28.
"The mission of the Oregon National Guard is to provide those 200 soldiers to a federal headquarters called Army North in support of their operations with the Department of Homeland Security," Gronewald said, adding that Army North will assume command and control and that the mission is expected to last about 60 days with up to 20 days for processing and…
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