I have faith the rank and file military will back the constitution. The general staff otoh...
I’m with you on that point. I’m retired military, NCO and officer, and I know very well that just like the Civil War in particular, a large portion of the senior officer corps (Colonel and above) are self-serving political weasels. That is not to say that there are not some who are true patriots, just that they are few. For those political generals, they can issue all of the orders they want but that does not mean that those orders will be obeyed.