In which case you probably won't even encounter them unless either you walk/drive/travel near to a military asset/base, or your government's territory gets inva

In which case you probably won't even encounter them unless either you walk/drive/travel near to a military asset/base, or your government's territory gets invaded. Unless, you mean to describe juntas as "small"? (I wouldn't, since in those cases the military takes on many more tasks than it normally would...)