I liked what this guy Adam was doing until he started messing with the troops. He knows goddamned well that some random troop on the street is not going to start mouthing off about the commander in chief no matter what he thinks. He is trying to make them look like mindless drones by default because they CAN'T say what they really think.
BTW, I just realized why the SSG looks familiar - he was in the platoon that relieved my platoon in Iraq in 2009 and did his right seat ride with us. 99% certain.