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MILITARY IN
POLITICSEliana Cortes
Darlene Estrada
Pauline Pagcaliwanagan
Ma. Lee Galgo
Yorj Yasay
Military Intervention- The armed forces constrained substitution
of their own policies and/or their persons, for those of the recognized civilian authorities
- The military may pursue intervention through commission and/or acts of omissions.
- To intervene, military must have occasions and disposition.> disposition- combination of conscious motive
and of a will or desire to act
Military Characteristics
Centralized command Hierarchy Discipline Intercommunication Esprit de corps Corresponding isolation and self
sufficiency
Chain of Command Squad/Section- Sergeant or Staff Sergeant
9-10 soldiers Smallest element
Platoon- Lieutenant, NCO (second in command) 16-44 soldiers 2-4 squads or sections
Company/Battery/Troop- Captain, First Sergeant (commander’s principle NCO assistant) 62-190 soldiers 3-5 platoons
Battalion/Squadron- Lieutenant Colonel, Command Sergeant Major (principle NCO assistant) 300-1000 soldiers 4-6 companies
Chain of Command Brigade- Colonel, command Sergeant Major
(Senior NCO) 3,000-5,000 soldiers 2-5 combat battalions
Division- Major General 10,000-15,000 soldiers 3 brigades
Corps- Lieutenant General 20,000-45,000 soldiers 2-5 divisions
Army- Lieutenant General or higher 50,000+ 2+ corps
Military RanksAir Force Army Navy Marines
General General Admiral General General OfficersLieutenant
GeneralLieutenant General
Vice Admiral Lieutenant General
Major General
Major General
Rear General
Major General
Brigadier General
Brigadier General
Commodore Brigadier General
Colonel Colonel Captain Colonel OfficersLieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Commander Lieutenant Colonel
Major Major Lieutenant Commander
Major
Military RanksAir force Army Navy Marines
Captain Captain Lieutenant Senior Grade
Captain Officers
First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Lieutenant Junior Grade
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Ensign Second Lieutenant
Chief Master Sergeant
Chief Master Sergeant
Enlisted Personnel
Senior Master Sergeant
Senior Master Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Chief Petty Officer
Master Sergeant
Military RanksAir Force Army Navy Marines
Technical Sergeant
Technical Sergeant
Petty Officer 1st Class
Fist Sergeant Technical Sergeant
Enlisted Personnel
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant Sergeant Petty Officer 3rd Class
Sergeant
Airman 1st class
Corporal Seaman 1st class
Corporal
Airman 2nd class
Private 1st class
Seaman 2nd Class
Private 1st class
Airman Private Apprentice Seaman
Private
Military Courtesy and Discipline
The training that develops self-control, character and efficiency and as the result of such training implies subjection to control exerted for the good of the group.
The state of order existing within a command
Prompt obedience to orders and initiation of action in the absence of orders
Other Characteristics
Intercommunication Esprit de corps
- morale, comradeship and purpose- Together, form a sense of purpose and
comradeship Corresponding isolation and self
sufficiency
Motives inhibiting the military from intervention
1. Professionalism- Expertness- Social responsibility- Corporate loyalty to fellow practitioners
2. Principle of Civil Supremacy- The military’s consciousness of
themselves as a profession may lead themselves as the servant of the state rather than of the government power.
Motives inhibiting the military from intervention
3. Other inhibiting factors
- fear for the fighting capacity of the armed forces
- general’s fear of a civil war in which comrade will have to fire on comrade
- fear that if they intervene and are vanished, not only their lives but
the army itself will forfeit.
Motives of inhibiting the military from intervention
Lack of motive Disposition to intervene dependent on
desire or will
Disposition to Intervene (Mood)
Self-consciousness Sense of overwhelming power Grievances (grudges)
Disposition to Intervene (Motives)
1. The Manifest Destiny of the Soldiers
2. The motive of the “national interest”
3. Sectional interest- Class interest- Regional interest- Corporate self-interest of the armed forces- The motive of individual self-interest
4. Mixed motives of the military
- principal motives on which the military tend to act
