Do you think legalizing marijuana will benefit or hurt the military?

I don't see the benefits on ANY non medical application. As far as medical card argument, if a soldier needs that, they are a candidate for medical discharge

I assume your questions was asked in the context of treatment for PTSD or similar. I dunno on that front.

If the question was asked in the context of recreational use, ask yourself if you have ever seen a motivated stoner? One willing to go the extra mile and over-achieve? I haven't. And then there's the whole gateway issue. Will dope lead to harder drugs? Again, I dunno. But it seems likely. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to accomplish any mission when some of the players weren't at the top of their game mentally. It's been a long time since I was in uniform, but as I think of the folks most likely to partake (troops from way back when and the people that I know now), the ones that come to mind as those that would likely partake are not the ones that inspire confidence in being competent team players. That's as nice a way of saying "the fu$& ups" as I can...

If you're active duty, it would be a gigantic mistake to allow the use of Marijuana. Now for helping the troops with PTSD once they're out of the service, I have a completely different take. I've got a few friends who were in Iraq and Afghanistan that have severe PTSD, and they smoke regularly, it's a much bigger help than what the VA is trying to get them to take...and they can get it faster than the VA will refill their prescriptions too. It has it's place, but definitely not in the Active force.

Neither. Because as federal employees, they will never authorize us to consume it in any form.

Beneficial ONLY to the seriously wounded, and it MUST be maintained and monitored through an outside organization that both the injured and the military trust. MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING.

No I think it would hamper training and the military effectiveness going forward

At this point, I don't think its going to make a difference. Because the legalization is ONLY HAPPENING ON A STATE LEVEL. The Federal government does not recognize state law as being "higher" than Federal. And, as a soldier, you have given up your rights to those laws... you agreed to suspend them and be judged with the UCMJ instead. The UCMJ says NO to marijuana, and all other drugs.

I don't think those 2 mix, even though I am pro legalization military should not allow it. makes sense you don't want cops military and/or medical impaired with doing their jobs

Even if it was legalized there would still be regulations limiting the use of it. Though I believe there would be more situations like DUIs and reporting to work under the influence of drugs

The views of society are changing regarding the use of marijuana as more becomes known about what it does or doesn't do to people. Some have wondered if alcohol should be banned in the military as the social pressures to imbibe encourage people to participate. Of course alcohol is legal, but who wants to have a formation of hung-over troops, half sick, dehydrated, falling out and straggling before they reach the back gate, headed toward the field at o'dark thirty, whether from alcohol or marijuana.