​Why is the American system for veterans built on anxiety rather than just gratitude? Host Elle Van Gundy peels back the layers of the "Standing Army" myth, connecting the near-mutiny of the Newburgh Conspiracy in 1783 to Eisenhower's modern warning about the Military-Industrial Complex. Discover how the Founders' fear of their own troops—and the dramatic moment George Washington saved the republic from a coup—shaped the way we treat the "Honored Stranger" today.