'It embarrasses me to be involved': Inside the National Guard D.C. deployment

As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3000+0+0/resize/4500x3000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3e%2F00%2Ff8963b0248fcb24ad4bec04ff96f%2Ffinal-fouz-npr.jpg' alt='Thousands of National Guard members have been patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C. for more than a year, in what has become President Trump's largest and longest domestic military deployment.'/><p>As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.</p><p>(Image credit: Illustration by Mari Fouz​ for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5939973' />