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# Can The Military Remain Apolitical?
- URL: https://ivn.us/can-military-remain-apolitical-2025-06-16/
- Published: 2025-06-16T16:31:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-18T21:40:34.000Z
- Description: Last week, Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles over the objections of state leaders, delivered a highly partisan speech to uniformed troops at Fort Bragg, and held a military parade in Washington, D.C. on his birthday.
- Author: Dan Sally
- Tags: Opinion, Middleweight Politics, Commentary

Last week, Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles over the objections of state leaders, delivered a highly partisan speech to uniformed troops at Fort Bragg, and held a military parade in Washington, D.C. on his birthday.

None of these actions are entirely without precedent, but taken together, they raise a pressing question: Can the U.S. military remain apolitical in an era of hyper-partisanship and hyperpolarization?

Dan and Shawn dig into the historical context of domestic troop deployments, the shift to an all-volunteer force, and how political realignment may be reshaping the military’s cultural identity and threatening America's tradition of an apolitical military.