Nearly six-in-ten Americans (57%) report that they have a close friend or family member who served in the wars in […]

Americans are ambivalent about whether they would advise a young person close to them to join the military: 48% say […]

Although they admire the military, most Americans acknowledge that the public has a poor understanding of the rewards or the […]

Should a young person today serve in the military? America’s veterans agree the answer is “yes,” a view that substantial […]

America’s veterans agree: The public just doesn’t understand the military. Seven-in-ten veterans say the public has an incomplete appreciation of […]

Ask veterans of any era why they joined, and the answer is usually the same: to serve their country. Nearly […]

Only about one half of one percent of the U.S. population has been on active military duty at any given […]