No, the US military is just a long term customer.
See the transcript of the conference call for all the details.
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/constellations/iridium/conference-call-Dec-2000.html

David VanHorn wrote:
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> At 03:25 PM 1/20/01 -0500, Brian Kraut wrote:
> >Actually, Iridium has come back alive.  Another company has bought the
> >remains.  Can't remember who they were.
>
> US military. (Finally, they actually buy something on sale!)
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