re: Does Aggie have military affiliation or are they wannabes?

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So basically ROTC + some guys playing dress up and doing D&C?

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There are only five schools in the United States whose Cadet Corps commission every single graduate or are even allowed to:

U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Even then, there's close to a 25% attrition rate between initial enrollment and when you sign your contract your junior year.

ROTC programs are capped by law (Title 10) on how many of their cadets they can commission. Senior Military Colleges are designated by having a full-time uniformed Corps of Cadets with a 24/7 regimented environment meeting certain standards which offers all ROTC options.

ROTC, at all schools, is "try before you buy" (meaning that, unless you're on scholarship you don't sign your contract until the beginning of your junior year).

A Senior Military College has higher allocations of active duty slots by branch than their respective non-SMC ROTC Counterparts, higher allocations of specialty school slots (such as airborne and air assault) and, at least on the Army side, has their cadets exempt from certain precommissioning requirements.

When cadets elect not to take a commission and go D&C, they have to pay all of their uniform fees out of pocket. While still enrolled in ROTC, the services pay those fees.

Incidentally, for what it's worth, if LSU were to decide to establish a uniformed student body (maybe call them the Tiger Corps), they would be immediately eligible for SMC status since they meet all other criteria.

The specific law that governs what is and isn't a Senior Military College can be found here.