Bueno, AlbertoMartínez, Rafael, 1965-2023-05-082023-05-082023-04-050095-327Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/197712This article responds to the analysis about the Spanish Emergency Military Unit in the research note by Pérez et al. in Armed Forces & Society, which emphasizes the efficiency of the Spanish Emergency Military Unit and how it has enhanced the image of the Spanish Armed Forces. We believe that a more critical understanding of the development of this military unit is necessary, as its deployment pitfalls and the literature on civil-military relations were neglected. Consequently, four policy traps are identified: response to civilian emergencies has become a central task of the armed forces rather than an auxiliary role; behind the pragmatism of its employment, there is potential for a worsening of civil-military relations, as highlighted by the scholarly literature; there are serious inefficiencies in its organizational design, related to human and financial resources; and image improvement is an illusion, strongly conditioned by political cleavages, with potential long-term counterproductive results.9 p.application/pdfeng(c) Bueno, Alberto et al., 2023Forces armadesAssistència en emergènciesEspanyaArmed ForcesAssistance in emergenciesSpaininfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7335972023-05-08info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess