The unusual suspects

[RMcD]

Hang on sec though... don't the yanks have a Peace Corps?

There's a Salvation Army too...

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

There's a Salvation Army too...

And bloodthirsty bastards they are, too.

Joe

 

[GaribaldisHair]

Too right ... tambourines ...

 

[A_M_Swallow]

Too right ... tambourines ...

And hard hats. People used to throw stones at the Salvation Army.

 

[GKarsEye]

There's also a Kiss Army...

 

[A_M_Swallow]

As an attempt to shore up your contention that the word "corps" somehow makes Psi Corp analogous to a military organization... well, let's just call it "unpersuasive".

You appear to have missed this paragraph in the wikipedia Peace Corps article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps

After the September 11, 2001 attacks alerted the nation to growing anti-U.S. sentiment in the Middle East, President George W. Bush pledged to double the size of the organization within five years as a part of the War on Terrorism. For the 2004 fiscal year, Congress passed a budget increase at $325 million, $30 million above that of 2003 but $30 million below the President's request.

See this speech by Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020130-12.html


When talking about the US Peace Corps you may wish to consider some of its more dubious activities - I only learnt about the US Peace Corps as part of hearing about these activities.
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/1011929.html

http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/guy60/History326/Powerpoint/Population.ppt

 

[KoshN]

The Fore runner to the PsiCorps, was also a Gov't Agency (The Meta-Sensory Bureau, or something similar)

Metasensory Regulation Authority (MRA)

 

[darth_librarian]

There's also a Kiss Army...

That's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy thing...