The moment the nukes fell on the US every man, woman and animal in uniform, or that had ever worn a uniform would have been mobilised for civil defence/disaster relief duties. With the vast bulk of the military overseas already, every warm body would be needed - there's just no way a unit would be left sitting idle anywhere.
Meanwhile, the war rages on, and as of early 1998 it's raging on five separate fronts, two of which are on home soil. All of these need to be supported while the remaining authorities struggle to keep the country from simply imploding.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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