The Washington monument lights going out also coincides with the National Guard shipping, for the most part, out of DC as pointed out by Monkeywerx with all the C-17 traffic. They don't need 65K troops occupying DC if they are now fully in control, so the garrison gets downsized to 7k for now. This is likely the signal to those of us watching the air traffic not to shit a brick about them pulling out. It's a reminder that this part of the operation was successful.
The Washington monument lights going out also coincides with the National Guard shipping, for the most part, out of DC as pointed out by Monkeywerx with all the C-17 traffic. They don't need 65K troops occupying DC if they are now fully in control, so the garrison gets downsized to 7k for now. This is likely the signal to those of us watching the air traffic not to shit a brick about them pulling out. It's a reminder that this part of the operation was successful.
Thank you. Best explanation so far.