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REVEILLE AND RALLY

REVEILLE AND RALLY

DEFEND DEMOCRACY TODAY. RENEW IT TOMORROW.

DEFEND DEMOCRACY TODAY. RENEW IT TOMORROW.

MISSION AND OVERVIEW

MISSION AND OVERVIEW

When disaster strikes, the National Guard and U.S. military help our communities. But today, political opportunism is pulling them into the partisan arena—using service members as props instead of defenders.


Country First created Reveille & Rally, a national campaign, to protect the integrity of the Guard and Armed Forces.

Let them serve their true mission: supporting communities, safeguarding democracy, and defending the nation—not advancing a politician’s agenda.

When disaster strikes, the National Guard and U.S. military help our communities. But today, political opportunism is pulling them into the partisan arena—using service members as props instead of defenders.


Country First created Reveille & Rally, a national campaign, to protect the integrity of the Guard and Armed Forces.

Let them serve their true mission: supporting communities, safeguarding democracy, and defending the nation—not advancing a politician’s agenda.

REVEILLE & RALLY WORKS TO

REVEILLE & RALLY WORKS TO

Educate the public on the Guard’s real mission.

Educate the public on the Guard’s real mission.

Clarify the role of the military.

Clarify the role of the military.

Expose political misuse.

Expose political misuse.

Defend civilian control.

Defend civilian control.

Empower Americans to speak up.

Empower Americans to speak up.

FEATURED NEWS

FEATURED NEWS

The U.S. Military’s Loyalty Is to the Constitution, Not the President


National security depends on citizens’ trust in our armed forces. We lose that if we turn soldiers into law-enforcement officers.

An apolitical military is essential to maintaining balance among American institutions

An apolitical military is essential to maintaining balance among American institutions

Today, American institutions are front and center as we simultaneously confront the triple threat of an active pandemic, civil unrest spurred by racial injustice, and an economic crisis.

Today, American institutions are front and center as we simultaneously confront the triple threat of an active pandemic, civil unrest spurred by racial injustice, and an economic crisis.

Trump's National Guard deployments could cost $1.1 billion this year, CBO estimates

Trump's National Guard deployments could cost $1.1 billion this year, CBO estimates

The American people deserve to know how many hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars have been and are being wasted on Trump's reckless and haphazard deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country.

The American people deserve to know how many hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars have been and are being wasted on Trump's reckless and haphazard deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country.

An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All

An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All

The DC Guard was activated in mid-August. At first, the soldier’s unit patrolled high-traffic areas like the monuments and the National Mall. It annoyed him. Members of the National Guard take leave from their civilian jobs and put their regular lives on hold.

The DC Guard was activated in mid-August. At first, the soldier’s unit patrolled high-traffic areas like the monuments and the National Mall. It annoyed him. Members of the National Guard take leave from their civilian jobs and put their regular lives on hold.

VOICES OF INTEGRITY

VOICES OF INTEGRITY

Endorsements across the aisle.

Endorsements across the aisle.

  • [Trump] is attempting to politicize an institution that has remained steadfastly apolitical for nearly 250 years. He is disrespecting the professionalism and sacrifice of our servicemembers.

    Sen. Jack Reed

    U.S. Senator (D)

  • Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration. As a federalist believer, I don’t think that’s the right way to approach this.

    Gov. Kevin Stitt

    OK Governor (R)

  • It’s one thing if governors ask and they say, "Hey, I need help." That’s the way we’ve handled [national guard deployment] before… the politicization that we’re seeing within the military… this is not the role [of] our military.

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski

    U.S. Senator (R)

  • It's this idea that people are personally loyal to him—it's not loyalty to the Constitution, it's whether or not you do what Trump wants you to do.

    Amb. John Bolton

    Former National Security Advisor

  • The decision to deploy our men and women in uniform should never be motivated by politics. It’s dangerous for our citizens, corrosive for our military, and deadly for our democracy.

    Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper

    Major General (ret.)

  • Our president is attempting to use the military and exercise a level of control over this country that our Constitution has clearly said no president should do.

    Rep. Adam Smith

    U.S. Representative (D)

  • Federalizing the National Guard is an unconstitutional abuse of our military. Our military men and women signed up to defend the constitution and our rights, not be used as political props or to silence dissent.

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth

    U.S. Senator (D)

  • It is the lesson of ancient and modern history that the major socially destabilizing influence in many European and South American countries has been a highly politicized military.

    Justice Lewis Powell

    Greer v. Spock

  • American soldiers and officers do not take an oath to their government. Rather, the oath is to the Constitution.

    Maj. Brian Babcock-Lumish

    U.S. Army

  • His message to the students, known as yearlings, was simple: Their loyalty is “not about particular candidates. It’s not a particular person or personality that occupies these positions. It’s about the Constitution.

    Maj. Joe Amoroso

    U.S. Army

The Guard and Armed Forces belong to the people.

The Guard and Armed Forces belong to the people.

Not to any politician or party.

Not to any politician or party.

The appearance of U.S. Department of War visual information does not imply or constitute DOW endorsement.

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