3:04 p.m. - 3:04 p.m.

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller provides verbal approval for the full activation of the D.C. National Guard in support of MPD. He is advised by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Department of Defense’s general counsel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau (Daniel Hokanson), the secretary of the Army (Ryan McCarthy), and the Army chief of staff of the Army (James McConville). McCarthy directs the D.C. National Guard to initiate movement and full mobilization.