Jack of Harts

Everybody paid when the government finally defaulted on our debt.  The government could not pay to deploy the largest military in the world anymore.  Officially, they recalled all foreign troops, but they did not have the money to bring the armies back.  The marines, and some lucky soldiers, took navy taxis home.  They had to abandon all of their heavy equipment.  The rest had to hunker down where they were and hope things did not get too hot.