I hear ya. I served under Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, and Clinton. Many times I had to bite my tongue.
Yeah, ya should have heard me cussing kennedy, Johnson and Nixon carter and Climton got off easy I remember when I was a civilian working for the navy and they sent out a letter to all commands that no one, civilian or military, could badmouth Clinton or face UCMJ if military and being terminated if a civilian.. Had to have been a lot of people doing it for them to send out letters like that.
When I retired in ‘95 one of the handouts was a framed photo of the CiC. I “forgot” to pick it up off the table on my way to the Chief’s Club.