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I can think of two unofficial reasons: 1. Keep their skills up. 2. Avoid waste of available resources.
by ohaideredevs 7y ago
I can think of two unofficial reasons:
1. Keep their skills up.
2. Avoid waste of available resources.
- chrisseaton 7y agoI thought the US had extremely strong constitutional rules about not using the military on the US mainland?
- ohaideredevs 7y agoWhatever the rules are, I am guessing they are relaxed around civil operations. Pararescuemen (USAF PJs) were deployed for search& rescue during hurricane relief operations. More if you want to dig into it: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/1645682/military-aids-disaster-response-effort-in-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-florence/ https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/164568...
- chrisco255 7y agoWe have Army National Guard that are often deployed during weather emergencies.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoNational guard are state resources whenever the feds aren't using them.
- swebs 7y agoI don't see any mention of that https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcri...
- chrisseaton 7y agoI think it's called the Posse Comitatus act or something like that.
- swebs 7y agoIt looks like that specifically forbids them from enforcing the law, not public works projects. And there seem to be several exemptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act