The ISA has made sure that the military has been kept insulated from the corporate in-fighting that pervades the government, and the military, in turn, has helped the government to keep them in ignorance. After all, it’s a lot easier being a soldier when you’re not aware of the sort of vermin running the whole show
This insulation goes both ways, however, for the military has found that the corporate-dominated government leaks like a sieve as far as intelligence is concerned. The military itself is very tight, in part because it’s filled with people who want nothing to do with the corporate world.
And although most of those in the armed forces are well-adjusted people, there are those warmongers within the military who have their own agenda with the CyberEvolved. They are conducting their own tests with the kids; some in an effort to isolate the virus and reproduce a more lethal form of it as a bioweapon, while others are testing the viability of forcing an infection in an adult to make him a supersoldier. These military operations are always very covert, and rival Arasaka for speed, ability, and technical know-how. They are usually manned by some elite forces sworn to secrecy and trained to a monoblade’s edge.
Because these people see the world in the black and white of weapons and defenses, they tend to look on the Changed as either tools to be exploited or else collateral damage to be ignored. They are not fun people to be chased by. Fortunately, they exhibit the greatest interest in children with new, previously-unheard-of mutations, so most Evolved kids are beneath their interest most of the time.