Well, when our Imperial Warriors are old dudes paying back their Reserve dues from a long time ago... it sort of resembles when other Empires have fallen on hard times. Even Hitler called out the old guys when he got desperate to defend Berlin. Maybe we will have to change the name of "Blackwater" to "Greywater". Or they can call GW Bush in as a bedpan specialist or something, as he sort of didn't finish HIS obligation to the Guard, and he is still in his 60's.
I feel so bad for the men and women deployed to sandy clusterfuck zones that no longer have a clear mission or objective other than to act as quasi-cops but mostly from within sequestered compounds... accomplishing political whatever ideals for the politicians back at home but not a fricking thing militarily.