"...a win-win situation..."

That is true, the military sometimes loves to get involved in a civilian rescue, just for the training. When I was still a working highway cop I had a Naval Air Station nearby, and several times I had a Navy Huey (I know, I am dating myself here) happen to fly by, see the crash I was working, and land unvited with an offer to help. Once they even took over CPR for me, a real nice thing, since CPRing is far down on my list of fun things to do. But when things go wrong, as they can, and the miliary chopper, which was called in because the local agency does not have one, gets totaled, the taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill