About 150 members of the National Guard who deployed to address protests in California will be released to return to wildland firefighting duties in the state, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The purpose of the possible move is to help prepare for wildfire season, one U.S. official said. The other official said the 200 Guard members could be returned to the California

The Trump administration recently approved a request from the military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration-related unrest in the Los Angeles area to return some of the troops to California's command.