What Power POTUS Has Over D.C. (Do some digging, All we do is repost new articles) Come on friends, let do some digging on something. All we do is drop news articles. Ask yourself a question, and dig to answer that question. For example:  What power does POTUS have over forces in D.C shows: The District of Columbia Army National Guard is the Army component of the District of Columbia National Guard. As the District of Columbia is a federal district and not a state, the guard is placed under the authority of the President of the United States, unlike most other National Guard units which are headed by their state's governor.  Subordinate units: (Some of these are Fighting Units) Joint Force Headquarters Multi-Agency Augmentation Command, commanded by an O7 74th Troop Command, commanded by an O6 372nd Military Police Battalion ("Red Hand"[2]), 74th Troop Command, commanded by Major Roland Lane HHD, 372nd Military Police Battalion, 273rd Military Police Company, commanded by CPT Nathan Vaichus and 1SG Tonce Cutler 276th Military Police Company, commanded by CPT Michelle Watkis and 1SG Valarie Jones 547th Transportation Company, 74th Troop Command 104th Maintenance Company, 74th Troop Command 260th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)(formerly 260th Coast Artillery(?)) - Battery A, 110th Field Artillery, was demobilized 4 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia.[3] It was reconstituted 17 June 1924 in the DC National Guard, and concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 60th Artillery, 5th Company, Coastal Defenses of the Potomac, and Batteries B and C, 110th Field Artillery to form the 260th Coast Artillery. It was organized from 17 June 1924 to 1 April 1939, during which time its headquarters was federally recognized on 20 December 1935 at Washington DC. It was induced into federal service on 6 January 1941 at Washington; but then HQ and HQ Battery, 260th Coast Artillery, was reorganized and redesignated HHB, 260th AAA Group, with the remainder of the 260th Coast Artillery from then on having a separate lineage. Inactivated 1944 in Texas; reorganized and federally recognized 3 October 1946 at Washington; ordered into active federal service 1950-52. Converted and redesignated 1 March 1959 as HHD 260th MP Group; reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1985 as HHC 260th MP Brigade. Became 260th Military Police Command 1 February 1992. 260th MP Command was active as late as September 2006 in the DC ARNG.[4] 257th Army Band "The Band of the Nation's Capital" Honor Guard Color Guard D Company (Air Ambulance), 1st Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support Battalion) Detachment 1, A Company, 1-224th Aviation Security and Support Battalion Detachment 1, G Company (Air Ambulance), 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation) Battalion District of Columbia Medical Command Detachment 4, Operational Support Airlift Command Recruiting and Retention Battalion National Guard Bureau Legal Support Office Additionally:  The purpose of establishing a Federal District came about largely due to this: James Madison explained the need for a federal district on January 23, 1788, in the Federalist No. 43, arguing that the national capital needed to be distinct from the states, in order to provide for its own maintenance and safety.[2] An attack on the Congress at Philadelphia by a mob of angry soldiers, known as the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, had emphasized the need for the government to see to its own security D.C. is also under the control of Congress. All Government officials server at the pleasure of Congress.  That means that if we score big in 2020, take back the House and Senate, we could theoretically run the Mayor out of town on a rail.