One of the main reasons I can see Milgov bringing people home for is to increase their legitimacy. 43,000 people who owe their lives to Milgov is a LOT of votes and they can count on about 99% of them should they be needed.
While it's true many of the troops will be retained in service, does the military really want to remain responsible for the crippled? What about the civilians and the foriegn nationals? Does the military really want to hang onto people who no longer have a military value such as UAV pilots? Some yes, but only the best of them.
Milgov also can't feed that many people, and certainly can't transport them to Texas or Alaska where the war continues on a low level. Demobilisation in my mind is a better option than trying to hold on to everyone and instead loosing them all the desertion. Demobilisation strips away all the items of military value, desertion is a complete loss.
Many veterans will be happy to jump at demobilisation too. They've been fighting for roughly five years, most without visiting home even once, and none with a word from their familiy in years. Staying in the military and being ordered to go places and do things they really don't want to do isn't going to hold a lot of attraction when they have no idea if home is still in one peice of a smouldering crater.
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