Before he became the youngest ever President of the United States, Roosevelt enjoyed a promising political career as a state assemblyman and the New York City police commissioner before decamping to the military, where he served as a Naval Secretary for a year and organized thevolunteerarmythe Rough Riders who fought in Cuba.
There is some confusion among Sadrist clerics on whether thearmy will actually be an armed militia, or just a new name forthevolunteer cadres who have been carrying out social and religious work over the past three months (as well as, reportedly, smashing up shops selling alcohol and streetfighting with rival factions).