KPCC-FM (NPR), Nov. 12, 2008, Hosted by Patt Morrison
http://www.scpr.org/programs/pattmorrison/listings/2008/11/pattmorrison_20081110.shtml
“The president is the commander-in-chief of the military. If the president says to the military, ‘No you don’t need to perform these exercises,’ that’s his or her prerogative. So it’s not that the military operates without control, it’s that the court in this case can’t exercise this particular type of control. It would have to come through the executive branch or through Congress.”