General, you are hereby relieved of command. Report to the post out processing center at 8am. You will be the first appointment.
In response, Esper gave the actual order to remove troops (I said Milley gave the order but it was Esper). I don't believe Esper would do so if he didn't have cover from the Joint Chief of Staff General Milley.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/esper-troops-washington-dc-301568
This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered home several hundred active-duty troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who were brought to the national capital region to respond to protests if needed, a defense official told POLITICO.
This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home. Earlier, Esper put multiple active-duty Army units on alert in the D.C. area as a "prudent planning measure" to support local law enforcement dealing with civil unrest.