The voluntary military is trained to follow, mostly not trained to examine and pass judgment on their leaders. It is what basic training is all about, conditioning troops to follow, instantly as ordered. They have even extended it since my day, to really get that blind following ingrained.
My granddaughter, is heading to Marine Basic, next month. All basic in the Army is Infantry Basic, just like all OCS is Infantry OCS. But, we now have learned, she will do 9 weeks of Basic, before she gets through to the Infantry Training Battalion course. Think of that. 9 weeks of the basic mind screw, to assure you are a good instant follower, before even beginning to teach soldier combat skills, weapons, tactics, etc. It is not surprising, they have an ingrained willingness to support the Commander=N-Chief, deservedly or not. It means nothing. And to be truthful, I don't want young soldiers thinking about that, either. But, 9 weeks? God, I'm glad I am old. It sucked back in the 70s, when I did 6 weeks of it in the Army, but at least there were many combat skills incorporated, even before graduating and heading to 11D Scout School, which was all combat skills, without the basic mind fk.