I am in almost exactly the same boat. I joined up at the tail-end of Obama’s first term; back then, I was pretty generic Republican, having voted for McCain before I joined. When Iraq and Afghanistan started winding down, I was personally and quietly relieved. I took an oath to the Constitution; if I was still active…

I joined when Reagan was president, served through Clinton’s second term. When I enlisted I was pretty generic Reagan Republican, but the Iraq War (Number One) killed my idealism pretty quick. I volunteered, I served without complaint but I had problems. I spent the bulk of my time quietly involved in the drug war,…

This is certainly not a statistically representative sample of the military. But it is far from meaningless.