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US Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony shows (discuss.online)
submitted 4 months ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 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.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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

Sorry I misremenbered their name.