South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signs a bill into law as former South Carolina governors and officials look on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. The law enables the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds more than 50 years after the rebel banner was raised to protest the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Nikki Haley has signed an executive order to put armed members of the South Carolina National Guard on guard at the branch’s recruiting centers.
Haley’s order on Monday calls for enhanced security at the Guard’s storefront recruiting centers and other facilities and training for armed members to stand guard.
The executive order identifies the killings of service members last month in Chattanooga, Tenn., as a motivation for the order.
Other states have taken similar steps since the shootings.