I don't care how nice they try to make it sound by asking permission and just looking for a arms dealer. That shit is scary since all of those cordial manners would mean shit if they are doing it for real.
As usual dumb training. When I was in active duty all we did was dumb training that was useless for deployment in my opinion. You would have to be dumb to want to participate in this exercise. I bet even the guardsmen don't want this type of training. Example of higher ups thinking their ideas are so beneficial.