[chrisseaton]

I thought the US had extremely strong constitutional rules about not using the military on the US mainland?

[ohaideredevs]

Whatever the rules are, I am guessing they are relaxed around civil operations. Pararescuemen (USAF PJs) were deployed for search& rescue during hurricane relief operations.

More if you want to dig into it: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/164568...

[swebs]

I don't see any mention of that

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcri...

[chrisseaton]

I think it's called the Posse Comitatus act or something like that.

[swebs]

It looks like that specifically forbids them from enforcing the law, not public works projects. And there seem to be several exemptions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

[chrisco255]

We have Army National Guard that are often deployed during weather emergencies.

[dsfyu404ed]

National guard are state resources whenever the feds aren't using them.