How do you feel about Soldiers not referring to our President as President Obama ….instead they just say Obama?

Respect the Office, not the Man......

I would offer that in any context where your comments could be attributed to your service (and especially in uniform), any elected civilian representative should be referred to by the appropriate title (President, Senator, Secretary, Chief Justice, etc). It has nothing to do with agreeing with theirs policies or positions, but has everything to do with the civilian control of our military, as was intended by the founders of our Nation.

Private conversations are obviously different and service members are entitled to whatever opinion they want, but I would just be mindful that many people could attribute your comments to your service.

I once knew a Major who insisted on calling any civilian he spoke to while he was in uniform as "sir" or "ma'am," even teenagers. While that might be a bit extreme, I think it hits at the core of the obligations we have to ensure civilian control of our military.

Obama is the equivalent to our true enemy! obama doesn’t deserve an iota of respect! obama started all of the hate and new racism we are witnessing right now! obama IS truly our enemy attempting to populate with the off with their heads crowd of anti American muzlams! obama nor the present Fraud-in-Thief do NOT deserve ANY honor or respect for destroying most good the previous president had enacted. Due to bidens jealousies of the successful previous president he death penned (executive ordered) a reverse of freedom, our constitution and my military oath to my nation of free America! I promised to honor and uphold our constitution that the two previous democrat idiots have attempted to alter in order to fill their pockets!!! The party of dims must be removed either by vote or force…

In my opinion, I think you don't have to call an ex president, president So and so, when talking about them after their presidency. We only have one president at a time and all of the others are "EX".

The oath obligates Soldiers, Airmen, and Marines to defend the Constitution and follow lawful orders of superior officers, has nothing to say about how junior enlisted or junior officers address the President of the United States.

Does not deserve the respecy

You respect the Office and yet hide your disdain for the person if you don't happen to agree politically or philosophically with them.

It is proper military decorum. Forsake one standard, forsake all standards.

This is not new or unique to President Obama.

Right, wrong or indifferent, it's been happening for quite some time, at least since I joined in 1980 and it was a mix of people saying President Regan or just Regan all the way to today, I seriously doubt any real disrespect is intended and I also know when people don't like a decision made by the POTUS your going to hear a whole lot of more disrespectful words used than just not saying President when referring to POTUS.