EditorialA Texas National Guardsman in El Paso, Texas, just across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 5, 2023. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialBrig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, arrives to speak at a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 13, 2023. (Yuri Gripas/The New York Times)
EditorialBrig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, arrives to speak at a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 13, 2023. (Yuri Gripas/The New York Times)
EditorialBrig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, arrives to speak at a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 13, 2023. (Yuri Gripas/The New York Times)
EditorialA guardsman in a foggy St. Peter’s Square as crowds gathered for the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)
EditorialA National Guardsman under a floating sculpture by Jesus?Rafael?Soto in the Teresa Carreno Theater next to the Museum of Modern Art in Caracas, Venezuela, March 9, 2022. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
EditorialNational Guardsman Jordan Theisen aims his rifle at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., on Jan. 15, 2022. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)