When may regular U.S.military troops be used against United States civilians?
From Parameters The U.S. Army War College Quarterly Autumn 1997, pp. 82-97. Legal Aspects of Domestic Employment of the Army THOMAS R. LUJAN ** With the end of the Cold War, America’s Army has been tested across the entire continuum of military operations. Since 1990 we have seen numerous and varied major international deployments that range from the high end of the spectrum of warfare in Operation Desert Storm to successful humanitarian relief operations in Northern Iraq, Rwanda, and Haiti, and less clear outcomes in Somalia and Bosnia. Closer to home, and with much less fanfare and public attention, the US Army has participated in an arguably unprecedented number and type of domestic employments. These include disaster relief operations, military support to law enforcement in the war against drugs, and discrete cases of military support to federal law enforcement agencies. It is the premise of this article that the coming years will see a continuation, if not an increase, in the empl
