The Trump administration is reviewing a Pentagon proposal to create a Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force that would keep 600 National Guard troops on permanent standby for rapid deployment to U.S. cities facing protests or other unrest, according to internal Defense Department documents obtained by the Washington Post. Under the draft plan, two contingents of 300 troops would be based at military installations in Alabama and Arizona, allowing the first wave to move within an hour and subsequent waves within two and 12 hours. The concept relies on Title 32 status, which places Guard members under state command but with federal funding, enabling the White House to activate them without a governor’s request. The earliest the force could be fielded is fiscal year 2027, and cost projections run into the hundreds of millions of dollars if military aircraft and crews must also be kept on alert. A July 22 action memo recommends additional riot-control training for Army military police and Air Force security units that would rotate through 90-day assignments to limit burnout. Civil-liberties advocates and several Democratic officials warn the plan would further blur the line between military and domestic law-enforcement functions, while Pentagon officials stress that no final decision has been made and that contingency planning of this kind is routine. The proposal surfaces as the administration has already dispatched National Guard troops to the southern border, Los Angeles and, this week, Washington, D.C.