Interview last night with Gen. D. Hokanson where he states "65,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen that are on duty today".
As of Jan 4, there were 8 out of 10 carrier fleets returned to US stations.
Patriot missiles reportedly deployed to DC, and and EO Protecting The United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems
You would need to be retarded at this point to thing this kind of force allocation is about protests. This is something else.
I surmise they are there because they have wind of a possible military intervention. There are at least two factions in the military. Long ago, Obama got rid of most of the patriots and installed obedient toadies. They are still there. In any rebellion, it would be the deep state agents versus the patriots in the officer ranks. So Washington is amassed by the Obama faction to prevent the patriot faction from acting.