Abstract
The United States is a democracy with a long history. Civilian control over military is America's tradition based on the theory of civil-military relations of Samuel P. Huntington. In the last decade, with the change of security environment and the enhancement of military capabilities, tensions and gaps in civil-military relations started to emerge. This paper describes the tradition of civilian control over military within the context of U.S. history, laws and regulations. It also discusses restrictions of military personnel to participate in political activities, and the existing problems of civil-military relations. The factors that influence civil-military tensions and civil-military gaps are: the expansion of military missions and capabilities, change in service population due to all volunteer force, attitude of the president toward senior military officials, military leadership do not understand the real meaning of civilian control, and the congress is competing control power over the military.
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