I think the Presidency is technically a civilian position. There's also the thing where you can't hold a military office and the presidency at the same time.
But, military service is always a big selling point in a presidential candidate.
I think the Presidency is technically a civilian position. There's also the thing where you can't hold a military office and the presidency at the same time.
How?THAT WAS ANDREW JACKSON, THE 7TH PRESIDENT. NOT THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO WAS THE 3RD PRESIDENT. HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THIS?!?!?!?
Then Hoover would never run for president, since he's a Quaker.
Nah, that was Jackson (who would have totally been on board with the whole military uniform thing).
He's not from the United States, you dick. Who was the 3rd Prime Minister of Australia?
Well officially the President is the head of the US Armed Forces, but its not like this is taken seriously.
In the same way Her Majesty the Queen is the head of the British Armed Forces
To be fair, theirs was an era where formalized officers education was still a few ways off, officers were expected to either be elected via popularity or to place a down payment on their commission, and were supposed to grind for experience and loot by raiding Indian villages. Not for nothing the Spanish, French and Prussians made a big deal about how the colonial army didn't even know how to poop correctly. For a civilian, not having any military rank or experience wasn't exactly an impediment for a military career. Even if Adams himself had different thoughts about the military personally.By "not taken seriously", he probably means that we don't think of the President as being part of the military. He's an elected civilian who tells the military what to do.
But the second President, Adams, never formally held a military rank. And he was a Puritan, so that kind of over-the-top display wouldn't appeal to him. And Jefferson isn't really the type to do that either.
And Her Majesty sometimes wears uniform...
To be fair, theirs was an era where formalized officers education was still a few ways off, officers were expected to either be elected via popularity or to place a down payment on their commission...
In the same way Her Majesty the Queen is the head of the British Armed Forces
Many would be officers and warheroes got their start financing their own volunteer regiments however.The U.S. never had purchase of commissions. Company and sometimes regimental officers were elected; some regimental and all higher officers were appointed.
And Her Majesty sometimes wears uniform...
Because she's the colonel-in-chief of many many regiments, not because she's the head of the armed forces as a whole. So the uniform she wears e.g for Trooping the Colour is specifically that of the Grenadier Guards, as the oldest regiment, IIRC.