The Federation's unique political-military system placed the military's actions under the president's control. Put simply, before the military could launch an operation, it had to notify the president according to procedure.
If the president of the Federation was satisfied with the military's proposed operation, he only needed to sign his name, and the military could begin.
But if he was dissatisfied and refused to sign, the military had to shelve the plan, even if it had already made extensive preparations for it.
This system was designed to keep the military above politics while still placing it under the constraints of a temporary national leader.
The president changed every four or eight years. To both the military and the president, four years or eight years was, in reality, only a very short period.
During that time, no one could change much. Together with Congress and the Bipartisan Committee, they formed a closed loop of restraints! The Bipartisan Committee controlled the presidential nominations and selected the president.
Congress controlled presidential impeachment. When the president became increasingly unreasonable, Congress could immediately replace him with a new one.
The president, meanwhile, restrained the military's power and prevented it from expanding without limit. He was also the only individual in the Federation capable of restraining the military!
Even the Department of Defense could not do that! And regardless of whether the military had much of a presence, as long as it existed, it exerted a positive deterrent on the Federation's entire political system and social ecosystem! Anyone who tried to launch a coup under the military's armed control was simply joking!
Whatever they did or wanted to do, they had to follow the established rules.
Only such a closed loop of mutual restraint and checks could give people peace of mind. Of course, above this