Trump doesn't really respect members of the military. He uses them as props.

If true no more than many other Presidents have.

That argument goes both ways. Fredrica Wilson used SGT Johnson’s death and condolence call as a political ploy.

I think any military member and their family involved in a SOTU speech should already know they are being used by the administration for political purposes. That’s true of both parties. However everything in the rest of the article is also accurate of Trump’s attitude towards the military.