ALL US PRESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS A QUALIFICATION TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

The Constitution should be amended to change the qualifications for president to include at least three years of service in the military

BarkGrowlBite
December 7, 2018

I strongly believe that we should amend the Constitution to change the qualifications for president to include at least three years of service in our army, marines, navy or air force.

Here is a list of the military service of presidents since FDR who could not serve because he suffered from polio:

Harry S. Truman – 37 years in National Guard, artillery officer in France during WW1

Dwight D. Eisenhower – 46 years in U.S. Army, Supreme Allied Commander in WW2

John F. Kennedy – U.S. Navy PT boat commander in Pacific during WW2

Lyndon B. Johnson – U.S. Naval Reserve

Richard Nixon – U.S. Naval Reserve

Gerald Ford – U.S. Naval Reserve

Jimmy Carter – U.S. Navy

Ronald Reagan – U.S. Army Air Force

George H. W. Bush – U.S. Naval Reserve, shot down over the Pacific during WW2

Bill Clinton – Draft dodger

George W. Bush – Texas Air National Guard

Barack Obama – No military service

Donald Trump – Draft dodger

Since the president is Commander in Chief, he or she should have had some military experience before taking office. A minimum of three years seems about right.