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This chain of authority argues against the idea that the ultimate loyalty for Army professionals is simply to the Constitution. Rather, Army professionals are loyal to the Constitution, and thus to the people, by being obedient to elected and appointed officials and the Commander-in-Chief. Thus, being willingly subordinate to civilian authority is based on loyalty to the source of its authority. This principle was perhaps best exemplified by General George Washington in his resignation to Congress at the close of the Revolutionary War. By this act he ensured that his immense national popularity as a military leader and hero would not overshadow the necessary power of the fledgling Congress. Thus the American military has long recognized and embraced a moral tradition of subordinating service to country.
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The above paragraph is problematic as the first sentence restates, or reforms, under current leadership an interpretation which connects civilian elected leadership as the defining mission to defend, and not the constitution as a moral artifact of our social contract.
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This chain of authority argues against the idea that the ultimate loyalty for Army professionals is simply to the Constitution.
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The constitution is the single moral authority that authorizes the use of force to protect its moral sovereignty. It precludes, “This chain of authority”, as in temporary entities, from subverting its moral foundation, by passing morally bankrupted elected officials, as it authorizes in its concepts, the defense of unalienable rights.
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