Only 15% US Military Approve of Commander-in-Chief Obama

It is great to read about what most talk about. The troops are very unhappy. When sequestration cut funding for the military after Congress caused the mess, President Obama didn't do much about it. That put a huge scar on all of them considering most wanted to make it to retire from the military instead of being laid off. Imagine what it did to morale when deployed Captains and Majors got their pink slips.

Then there is the issue of PTSD and suicides. Would be interesting to read results of a survey to see who troops blame for the lack of care and the way they were treated in the Warrior Transition Units.

All in all, as damning as this report is, for the troops, it only touches on what they have been talking about for years.

President Barack Obama address the group of soldiers at US Central Command (CentCom) at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2014. James Borchuck/AP

Obama’s mark on the military
A DEEPLY UNPOPULAR COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS FORCING PROFOUND CHANGE INSIDE THE RANKS
Military.com
By Stephen Losey
December 21, 2014

According to a Military Times survey of almost 2,300 active-duty service members, Obama's popularity — never high to begin with — has crumbled, falling from 35 percent in 2009 to just 15 percent this year, while his disapproval ratings have increased to 55 percent from 40 percent over that time.

In his first term, President Obama oversaw repeal of the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Then he broke with one of the military's most deeply rooted traditions and vowed to lift the ban on women serving in combat.

And the commander in chief has aggressively sought to change military culture by cracking down on sexual assault and sexual harassment, problems that for years were underreported or overlooked.

Obama is an unpopular president in the eyes of the men and women in uniform. Yet his two-term administration is etching a deep imprint on the culture inside the armed forces. As commander in chief, he will leave behind a legacy that will shape the Pentagon's personnel policies and the social customs of rank-and-file troops for decades to come.

For Obama's supporters, the cultural changes he's overseeing are on a level with President Truman's 1948 order that desegregated the military and put it at the forefront of the national push for racial equality.
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