{"id":30609,"date":"2023-07-31T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/31\/poll-says-confidence-in-us-military-lowest-in-25-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:17:39","slug":"poll-says-confidence-in-us-military-lowest-in-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/home\/2023\/07\/31\/poll-says-confidence-in-us-military-lowest-in-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll says confidence in US military lowest in 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

American confidence in the United States military recently reached its lowest point in 25 years, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest numbers from the June 1-22 Gallup poll<\/a>, used to measure faith in public institutions, follow a persistent dip in public confidence in the military over the last five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt 60%, confidence in the military was last this low in 1997,\u201d according to Gallup<\/a>. The all-time low came in 1981, on the heels of the Iran hostage crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the military remains near the top of the list of American institutions that have earned a \u201cgreat deal\u201d or \u201cquite a lot\u201d of societal confidence, public perception of the armed forces has dramatically fluctuated over the last few decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significant upticks in confidence arose in the aftermaths of the Gulf War and 9\/11, while other periods instead observed drops, including after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t