Having recently finished the Millville story, I was reminded again about their unfair treatment, and now have a question to the legal experts. Namely, what do you think happened to them between being taken into custody and reappearing a few years later, and what would happen in reality if some military personnel decided to go militia on an innocent little town?

The first thing that comes to mind is jail, of course. But it could maybe be argued they were working on an anti-terrorism basis, even if misguided since there wasn't any evidence. They could get away with a discharge, although they were off-duty at the time.

Now, what happened in the comic was that they were reinstated, even with the Millville situated unsolved, so what do you think happened? I guess Hawk pulled some strings at the Pentagon. But if Hawk believed them, which is likely, why didn't they do anything about Millville earlier, by sending in spies at the very least? Too volatile situation for botching things there once already?