so you must be in good company.

No one has really questioned the watching of the speech per se or even the use of such watching in the furtherance of military education.

Many believe an apolitical Armed Force whose sworn duty is uphold and defend the Constitution simply should be careful how it chooses to educate and how such choices are disseminated.

The issue in this thread is how successfully this attempt merged those two concerns.
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...It isn't as if watching the address constitutes endorsement, nor will the National Command Authority leap through your television and brainwash you into becoming one of those dirty liberals.
Thus that comment was as unnecessary and not germane to the issue.
... It just means keeping your head on a swivel in regards to what's going on amongst the our civilian leadership.
Always advisable and I don't think that's really in dispute. What is being disputed is simply how senior leaders -- leaders at ALL levels -- should go about encouraging their subordinate to do that.

Because ordering them to do that is too easily misinterpreted. Obviously.