Do you believe it is ok for active service members to degrade the POTUS on RP?

My Company Commander I had when I was his 1SG is VERY liberal and continually speaks negatively about the POTUS- and he is still in. I’m glad we aren’t working together anymore. I continually remind him that he is his commander in chief but he continues to bash him. I’m glad I retired because I couldn’t deal with this new breed of “Soldier”.

Criticize or disagree with the elected president but insults, name calling, derogatory nicknames are inappropriate. Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton; doesn’t matter which party or how badly one disagrees with the policies, derogatory statements shouldn’t be made without an expectation of being confronted for it.

Not the current one. But that last racist piece of shit is fair game, then and now.

POTUS is the CINC of the Armed Forces, so respect the position and he who holds it.

It's safer for active duty to express opinions at the polling booths where they try voting POTUS out of office. For the rest of us Veteran's and Retirees, I would say were are pretty safe from being recalled to Active Duty to be punished for expressing an opinion unless it is really radical, like a persons posting they want to overthrow the Government type of thing.

COL, with all due respect we all have opinions of him. We just need to be careful and support him in public but among us, we are no different than civilians who have never served in uniform. Expressing opinions publicly is a train wreck waiting to happen.

I am a Cold War veteran. During my time in the US was supportive of countries like El Salvador and groups like the Contrast who were responsible for the disappearance, murder, and rape of its citizens. I thought it completely antithetical to what we as a country stood for. Not a single person I served with ever heard me bad mouth the CiC or even the mission. At that time it was not my place.

Your opinion is your opinion. If you are a serving member of the armed forces, keep your mouth shut. You are on the governments payroll. When you become a civilian again, you can shoot your mouth off.

Active duty members should not undermine the Chain of Command with their personal political views. Follow orders or pursue a discharge. Veterans are not living under the Oath of service, but respect needs to be shown in the manner dissection or different viewpoints are expressed.

I agree that being publicly critical of the Commander in Chief is not allowed of those still in uniform. But of course this is a new military from when I served from the 70s to the 90s and many things are supposedly ok now that would not have even been considered in my time. I still don't recommend being critical if you are still a member of one of the military components.

Active duty military might not agree with their current Commander in Chief, but they have to respect the rank. With respecting the rank comes keeping your opinions to yourself.