behavior modification ....
Although most people in the military are bound to follow orders or their superiors, most of these people also have opinions and are able to see past the behavior modification of their training when it comes to actually making decisions about right and wrong.
The paranoia of having a is a possibility, and so is the possibility of the destruction of planet earth at any given time, but somehow, we ignore the face that of this possibility and continue on with our mundane lives, don't we?
If Elder999 is concerned about the standing army being greater than the civilian law enforcement authorities, and the possibility of a few key people taking control of the world, it is a possibility, but only if we let it happen as the population of the planet earth.
The fact that the population can affect the best of plans, the most convincing of campaigns to manipulate them in a way the simply baffles these experts, is a testament to the adage .... nothing is for certain except nothing is for certain.
Stop worrying about behavior modification taking over the brains, heart and souls of those who would enforce the dictates of the dictator, Aaron. The independent thought is one of the few checks and balances that keeps the military arm of the government from doing what you suggest and actually having the power to enable a dictatorship.