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[–] [email protected] -2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

National Guard maybe? Officially they are not military though. Edit: Yes they are I was wrong sorry

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

National Guard ARE part of the military, they wear U.S. military uniforms and are deployed to U.S. invaded and occupied countries like Iraq.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They are officially civilians, no? I know they can be called up into active service but outside of that...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

They do both. The band "We gargle military balls" made a song about it.

Sorry I misremenbered their name.

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