The continued presence of at least 5,000 members of the National Guard in Washington until March is unusual, unprecedented, unnecessary, and is in danger of becoming akin to an “occupation force,” a former military intelligence officer said Monday. Retired Lt. Steven Rogers, a former FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force member, suggested that the planned presence of thousands of Guard members even after the inauguration of President Joe Biden—which saw over 26,000 on duty—is cause for concern. As of Jan. 25, about 13,000 Guard members remain in Washington, according to U.S. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the head of the National Guard Bureau. A spokesman for the agency confirmed to The Epoch Times last week that it will draw down Guard members to 5,000 until mid-March. “The purpose of the National Guard is to supplement law enforcement agencies, to help them with crowd control, to help them with enforcing laws, just to supplement their …