UK coalition forces, Turkish coalition forces, and U.S. Marines assist a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Marine Corps)
Military Times: Confidence in military continues to fall after Afghanistan withdrawal: survey
The American people are continuing to lose confidence in the military, according to a new survey published Wednesday, but more research will be necessary to dig into why.
For the third year in a row, since it launched in 2018, the Reagan Institute’s national defense survey found a declining percentage of its 2,500 respondents who reported high confidence in the military, across political, gender, age and other demographics. T
he survey also has questions about confidence in Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, law enforce, the media and other institutions.
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WNU Editor: These numbers are shocking ....
.... Confidence in the military began to fall in 2019, from 70% to 63%, and then down to 56% earlier this year. In the nine months since that last survey, confidence dropped down to 45%, the sharpest decline and the lowest level of confidence in the military since the survey began.
The survey is here .... Reagan National Defense Survey.