The Pubs love to say, we have the 'military vote',

and they do. Ever wonder why? AS ALWAYS, follow the money. Trump promises to build a YUUUGE, bigger, badder military, although we already have the YUUUGEST, biggest, baddest military in the world, by a factor of about TEN. A bigger military means more pork, as more ships, tanks and planes (we already spent over a TRILLION on the latest fighter jet), when modern conflict is much more about cyberwarfare and terrorism. A lot of good more tanks are gonna do, as they are already being stored, by the thousands, as soon as they are built, in Repub districts. (Look it up!)
The military is a 'chain of command', and as the Big Boys in the military see more promotions and $$, the talk and opinion goes down the ranks, all the way to the grunts.
And speaking of 'following the money' who ya think the majority of  'enlistees' are? Those with good jobs and lots of choices, OR, those who had no other choices, cuz they live in Red States with no jobs or opportunities? In those economic backwaters Trump's grandiose claims of 'Make America Great Again', and I'll bring back the JOBS claims sound pretty good, although he has no real plans, just a big, loud mouth.
Remember, ALWAYS follow the money, and you can understand everything in politics, and MOST things in life, (esp the war in Iraq), and WHY the military likes Trump. It's all about who GETS the money (Big Defense), and who doesn't have any, the typical grunt. No wonder they like The Donald.......