[wmfights]

"Upon graduation, Perry was commissioned in the Air Force, completed pilot training, and flew C-130 tactical airlift in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe until 1977. "

FWIW, if the choice comes down to individuals that are both solid on the issues and one served in the military and one didn't I'm going with the candidate that served. My thinking is the POTUS is the commander in chief and it helps to know what it's like on the other side of the command.

[muawiyah]

I prefer enlisted personnel to officers when it comes to actual boots on the ground experience but a National Guard top commander might be an OK bet.

Kind of like chosing between Abe Lincoln, a staunch patriotic pro-American union man or a sniveling coward of a traitor like Jeff Davis.