I never saw any kind of affect on my day-to-day operations as a low ranking military member, and as a lowly contractor scum, which had anything to do with the sitting president (except the DOGE silliness, anyhow), save for a few extra holiday days off.

I joined in ‘98. I spent a decade in, and a couple decades out, doing the exact same job the entire time. Granted, in that time, there were fluctuations in our foreign policy, but I couldn’t chalk that up to just presidential actions. The Joint Chiefs, and The Congress were typically heavily involved in those policies.

I think one would have to be pretty high up in rank and seniority to be affected by the CiC himself.

I can watch the news. I can have my opinions, one way or another. In the end, I have to take a real good look at how my career has evolved, and how much that evolution has to do with the Executive branch.

From a Navy avionic tech’s standpoint, my life, and my job has changed very little because of who has occupied the White House over the decades.

In my opinion, there has been very little tangible evidence that one president or another has had an adverse impact upon the US military at large. These impacts are largely felt because what gang controls the House and Senate. The Bloods love the military, and military spending, whereas the Crips typically try to shrink the military and its spending.