‘‘For our Sailors and our families, get to the polls and vote. If you can’t get there, make sure that you’re working with your voting assistance officers to ensure that you can have an absentee ballot and be able to vote that way,” Adm. Gary Roughead said.

CNO reminded Sailors and their families that it is their Constitutional right as American citizens to vote for the candidate they would like to be their commander in chief.

‘‘Our role is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and to abide and obey the orders of the commander in chief, regardless of who that commander in chief may be. We have to keep that in mind. That’s what the American people expect of us, and that’s the code by which we live,” Roughead said.

CNO encouraged Sailors and their families to make sure they are registered to vote, especially if they are using an absentee ballot. Go to www.fvap.org for registration, absentee ballots and information about voting.