the interesting part of this is if had gone the other way this conversation would still be taking place.
in politics everyone does not get a trophy.
So very true! I think the OP doesn't quite understand how the real work of the military is done and how little impact the President has on the day-to-day of those in uniform. Our military is made up of a cross-section of the population and therefore, the political make-up reflects that. Granted, overall, the members (especially officers) are more fiscally conservative, but there's a good cross section of all and that's probably what is reflected on the FB posts you've seen. However, I would be shocked if any active-duty officer posted anything remotely like these comments on public media. All may not be happy with the results, but they got up Wednesday morning, put on their uniform, and went to work...because that's what they do.
Frankly, as my work is very closely aligned with DoD, I and my counter-parts are excited about these next few years. Today, President-Elect Trump's team met with Pentagon leadership to start working the transition. Remember, that active-duty leadership doesn't change at the will of the President. The Congressional Armed Services staffers for the most part will remain in place. Most of the folks who have been working this process for the past 4/8 years will remain in some role for the next 4/8. Yes, with both House & Senate in the majority, we are hopeful that Trump's promises of a more robust military moving forward will make some headway, but even if everyone agrees...we are talking YEARS for any of that to happen. However, the military has been working under a crippled budget for so long under sequestration that ANY movement is a positive.
I would also suggest to the OP that she step back from the limited media snippets she's reading and look at the OVERALL workings of the military and how the checks and balances of that actually work. Frankly, for every negative she can post of what P-E Trump may have said, I can find another of something else he said to counter that. It's all context and in the end has very little to do with what will actually happen. As a civilian woman in this world, both as a dependent and now as a VP of an organization fully engaged from the Pentagon to the Hill to one of the largest bases in the country, I can tell you I've seen most of what women go through in the military and have since the 60s. I received an appointment to the USAFA for their second class of women but turned it down because I "was afraid." Something I have deeply regretted my entire life and one reason I'm so excited to see young women now walking so much easier down paths those ladies who weren't afraid made possible.
It's now my DS looking at the possibility of an Academy. I would have been just as proud and excited for him regardless of who went into the White House. When it's all said and done, it's MUCH bigger than that.