":''Discussion copied from User talk:AlexPU:

Legal status: I suspect that the Internal Troops are indeed legally Gendarmies, which means that they are subject to the same treatment as any other internal force. For example, American Police officers oath, is identical to that of soldiers, except for the ""juridiction of"". So, I ""X"" do solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States, agaisnt all enemies, foreign and domestic, in the jurisdiction ""Y."" In the unlikely case of an invasion, US police/sheriffs would act as the ""light infantry. So Internal Troops would be treated as troops, rather than civillians. I am not 100% sure, but pretty sure. Other than that, i don't think they rate any official status as ""soldiers,"" but again, I suspect they have the same status as the local border patrol/ coast guard. That they are civillian in peace, soldiers in war...  

I see... OK, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Let's keep in touch. "