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The military doesn't need to be controlled. In its natural state, it is fairly conservative; the propaganda machine that drives recruitment into America's martial class is primarily grounded in the sanitized legends of its founding - the same one which is a unifying pillar of the right wing in general.
Not sure what you mean by that. The 'martial class' isn't even supposed to be a thing. At the same time the actual founding of the military are all in the form of militias.
Military service runs in families, primarily in the working class and rural population. You're far more likely to meet a veteran who can list half a dozen family members who've served than one who says they're the first.
There may not be a formal caste system, but they're always drawing from the same pool of 'God, Guns, and George Washington' types.
I know that, I'm in it. It's not a caste system, though. It's a warrior class. That's not how it's supposed to be, but that's the result of a permanent military structure and the removal of the militia system.
I'm not sure why you would think we have a 'sanitized' understanding of it's past. We're certainly not a powerful class.
The propaganda is sanitized - it removes the more complex politics, relationships with France and the natives, discounts any opposition to federalism.