It is obvious you have never served in any branch of the U.S. military. If you had, then you would know without a doubt that desertion (especially mass desertion) would not be a problem. Deserters lose all of their military benefits (benefits usually being the primary reason they joined) and face serious prison time in military prisons. Furthermore, the Army times did print a clarification saying they would not assume the duties of local law enforcement.
Keep in mind that our entire National Guard's primary mission encompases the same speculated mission of this new active duty Army unit, and that theoretically our National Guard has been misused by deploying them to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Furthermore, a battalion from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Infantry Division was deployed to New Orleans following the aftermath of hurricane Katrina to keep peace amid reports of mass looting and shootings. They patroled the streets for months with loaded assault rifles and machine guns with no incidents of civilian casualties. As a matter of fact, they were actually thanked by the remaining citizens for keeping them safe as they patrolled the streets.
Gather as much information as you can and then some before you respond to media scare tactics!

Naw dude, I am going to school with a folks in the Military, and I've talked with them about this stuff, and they say that if it comes down to this, they swore an oath to uphold the constitution, and they're "going to tell their commanding officers to eat shit and die."

Laugh Out Loud @ the "benefits" comment...

The last thing anyone is going to be worried about is "benefits" by the time all of this plays out...

We will be living in a police state under the oppressing hand of a military dictatorship. What are the "benefits" of that?

In other words, a wolf is willing to chew off a leg to save her own life.

Why all of the sudden does posse comitatus need to be abolished for a "WMD-like event"?

Do you know something that the rest of us don't?

and then you completely flip the script and mention a "prison camp in every state"...

do you have any idea where you are going with these statements?

that is some convoluted thinking.

you're statement / question doesn't make sense to me...

try again?

and please choose your words more carefully.

Posse Comitatus has been suspended along with habeas corpus long ago by Bush. FEMA has built prison camps in every state. It has been discussed several times here and elsewhere on the Internet. Go look it up on You Tube for one. Your guess is as good as mine as to why we need them. I'm guessing they are for dissenters. Actually I made a mistake my response was to seeker561. Apology.

you're a spaz

keep watching television dude,
everything is okay,
go back to sleep.

Boston Massacre?