The US military is currently the most powerful in the world. Is there anything in place, besides soldiers’/CO’s individual allegiances to stop a military coup?
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One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned here is the distrust between enlisted and officers. I rarely had an officer that was trustworthy and competent. The officers are /taught/ that enlisted are base and not to be trusted: Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching.”
And enlisted generally see the officers has either out of touch (see command climate surveys), unwilling to change/sclerotic (Majors and above), or just generally classist.
I’m pretty sure the Army has kept the two-tiered system that pits enlisted vs officers for this reason. If the masses can’t trust the classes, and the classes can’t do the masses’ work, it subverts any attempts to overtake even a base like Ft. Hood.
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