[ Sharp look. ] Wait, so swearing allegiance: is that some sort of weird, semi-reserve civilian conscript status, where you have orders sometimes but are basically civilians otherwise, or does it give you active serving member status?

[ And this matters, because Lois is already twitching at the thought of a US government saying civilians were not allowed to provide humanitarian aide. That's bullshit for any US government she knows coming up through 2014 or so. ] How'd they respond when you went to help?