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Ah, thank you. I was pretty sure it would be something like this, but couldn't find details anywhere else.

Check the dates involved, this explanation doesn't hold water. However there may be another story from months ago that prompted this.

What makes it all the more frustrating is that Stars and Stripes didn't conduct the poll, they just reported on it. The poll was conducted by Military Times with Syracuse University.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08...

To note in that poll, ~60% of officers would like to have another Commander in Chief.

404 now ...

Are you seriously implying Trump has a time machine?

This memo happened before the story you linked.