Originally Posted by theking

To my knowledge he never actually admitted that he was a "draft dodger".

The majority of soldiers do not mind serving in harms way and many are double and triple volunteers...in the sense that it is an all volunteer military...then many volunteer for extraordinary services that put them in greater harms way and then many volunteer to actually serve in harms way...sometimes repeatedly (these are the real warriors).

President Bush is not nearly as reviled by the military as President Clinton was. My brother was serving in the Marine Corps when the word went out that President Clinton was going to come to the base and many Marines actually stated that he would not leave the base alive. His visit was cancelled as the word got back to his people that he really was not welcome.

I suspect that some military will simply choose not to serve under a woman Commander in Chief as Combat Arms do not serve under woman in the military and they don't want to...though I suspect that at some point in time they will be required to.