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On the level that you're describing, however, is this really all that different from being a military spouse?

Some of them are natural islands that have been artificially expanded to support a military presence.

The Chinese also are spending a lot on their military but its a small part.

However, unlike a military deployment, Mars One is so dubious (to be charitable about it)...

The US choses to let corporations evade taxes, and the US choses to project military might to pursue private corporate aims.

It's well known the military keeps civilian Soylent technology years behind what they're using.

So more or less every swiss man has a military grade weapon at home.

The vast majority of our business involves civil drones and we do not sell autopilots into the military market.

It's weird how they compare China's (hypothetical) desire for a naval military presence in the Atlantic to the USA's presence in the Pacific.

It is, because they get them after serving mandatory time in the military.

Note, their banking services are available to anybody, even non-military.

It's important to note that they (republicans) tend to want to cut taxes but not services, because they can't compromise and cut both the military and medicare/Medicaid/welfare/etc.

A similar seeming bug is the old "kangaroos with rocket launchers" story (from military simulations, not games) [1].

Soldiers in small military units, startups, and again, sports see similar "effects".

Actually, Republicans can be quite willing to cut the military, remember Dwight "military-industrial complex" Eisenhower, under who it was cut after the Korean War wound down, and you could make a case that the current sequester is cutting the budget.

People often give nicknames known as "burn names" or "playa names" that are probably closest to the nicknames people get in the military (sometimes jokingly deprecating, sometimes honorific, etc).