User blog comment:HalointheSkye/Volume 3 Chapter 9 - PvP (IN WHICH A LOT OF SH*T IS HAPPENING)/@comment-31.205.75.38-20160119023054/@comment-24891101-20160120010623

Vale has to have a military, WoR notwithstanding, at the very least to provide cadre so they can raise one if needed. That plus the requirements for defence forces (which clear exist, as there was mention of the Grimm getting past them) mean they have a military of some size, if not necessarily very large.