[He smirked at her. Very funny.] Yeah, it's a four wheeled automobile.

[He deigned not to further explain or he might be at it for a while if she was unfamiliar with the concepts of different types of modern vehicles. He didn't really know. Where all magical worlds lacking in technology? Maybe it made sense somehow. If you had magic, why bother with advancing technology all that fast? Hmm.]

They've always had the military services built in far as I know, but the war started the same year I was born so I couldn't tell you how that worked back before the aliens showed up. There's always a war somewhere. Still keeps popping up so I guess humanity isn't downsizing what's left any time soon.

Supposedly the civvie government got full reign again after the war ended but the UNSC military still has plenty of pull in the galaxy.