An inside look at how the military is planning for Trump’s Inauguration [Video]

The U.S. military has been planning for Inauguration Day for almost four years, but those preparations are ramping up in the final few weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office on Jan. 20. The military has played a significant role in the event for centuries.“There has been almost an unbroken tradition all the way back to General Washington of the military participating either as an escort or some sort of ceremonial element,” said Joint Operations National Event Branch Chief Scott Hinds.Carrying out that tradition is no small task.“There are literally 12,000 people who will be participating in this parade. About 5,000 are military, and the rest are civilian organizations from around the country,” said Major General Trevor J. Bredenkamp, the commanding general of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.One of the tools that the military uses to prepare is a scale-model of Washington, D.C., which maps out the …