Thank you very much for bringing this up.
This kind of direct confirmation from Anduril loses them plausible and implausible deniability. They do want to exert control over community, and everyone suggesting otherwise is factually wrong. And we can infer that Tom, at least now, knows full well what he signed up for.
Everyone who gives any kind of ground to Anduril, including but not limited to giving them the benefit of the doubt, is complicit in this military overtake of community.
Including the 6 SC members who chose to hide Tom’s employment status.