Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-10390252-20140523063309

I suspect that there isn't a standing military anymore. Demilitarisation may have been one of the terms of imposed on humanity after the Faunus won the War of Liberation (another cause of anti-Faunus bitterness, especially amongst military families like the Winchesters and Arcs).

The Hunters are now the top rung of the defence of Remnant and that has meant that people who normally would have joined the military have instead swelled the ranks of the Hunters, creating a whole new class that may lack the moral and ethical 'mission' that Hunters traditionally have.