https://www.eurasiantimes.com/us-army-engulfed-in-crisis-american-youth-disillusioned-with/
The last two decades of war have caused public confidence in the US Army to plummet, with only 60 percent of respondents saying they have confidence in the US military. The Gallup poll statistics are the lowest in over two decades. The US Military personnel were fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq during this period.
You telling me people used to like the troops less than now? We're embarrassing our ancestors.