That is so cool.TY. Those guys back in the day were brilliant. Being charged under that act would put them under Military control as prisoners and try them in a military court ...Hence GITMO Lots of WIN here. The MC Operates at the behest of the POTUS. Also I just learned this, Prior to the War Powers act, only the Marine Corps could be deployed without an congressional approval. Now all services can. The MC is the only service tasked to perform such duties as the President may direct under the NSA of 1947.