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Another factor would be that military forces are established relatively late in the colonies' development due the relative absence of external enemies, and first arise as "external operations" departments of internal peacekeeping forces.
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A possible suggestion is to 'militarise' civic positions of authority, as perhaps they were instrumental in forming militias. Mayor, councillor, sheriff, constable, commissar (this is partly militarised already, but has been used quite a few times for civilian roles) to give just a few examples off the top of my head. Perhaps your small groups of men nominate or vote for a leader so he becomes 'Representative' and then a commander of a number of groups becomes 'Representative in chief' etc...