[Deschodt]

I never understood why (in any country) there isn't a branch of the military equipped for firefighting and natural disaster relief. Not like FEMA, like a dedicated branch with its own equipment (planes, vehicles, tech) on standby to go anywhere in the country and nip that stuff in the bud, and also work on prevention the rest of the year... We have a space force for Pete's sake! Also the army corps of engineers (not sure how that works exactly). The world is CLEARLY changing and fires/flood/hurricanes are the new threat. I bet folks who want a career and not necessarily wanna be shot at would join a branch of the military that is there to help people, save lives and land, maybe have its own research on firefighting tech (gov't funded) and it would likely cost less than a squadron of F35 or one more nuclear sub or another tax break for Elon.... Probably an unpopular opinion here or one that shows a lack of understanding of the military, but I don't see why not - military command structure, pilot training, and mil spec equipment would really help where civilian equipment is limited/grounded (picture a squadron of converted galaxy water bombing LA yesterday, before it expanded, when civilian stuff cannot fly)...