I guess it's their form of checks and balances.
By law it keeps all on a short leash.
We have Guard, Reserves and Active Duty.
Active and Reserve are federally funded.
Guard are state funded (though more federal dollars have been pushed in since 9/11).
We do have some Royal members in the US Military.....mostly Royal Jackasses. See Spec 4 Mafia and such.
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