Morale: Collapse of Confidence in the Military
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May 27, 2024: Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, American military forces have been constantly involved with other conflicts. The most recent one was in April 2024 when an Iranian missile attack on Israel was defeated, with the help of American air defense weapons and U.S. Air Force aircraft and U.S. Navy warships off the Israeli coast shooting down some of the Iranian missiles. Currently American ground, air and naval forces are working with the Philippines military to block disruptive Chinese activities in Filipino waters. Despite international agreements China signed and an international court ruling against China, the Chinese continue to insist, often with military and paramilitary forces, that the Philippines no longer has jurisdiction over portions of the South China Sea that were never controlled by China. China protests the presence of Americans and those of local allies Japan and Australia.
At the same time the United States provides financial support to pro-American forces in Afghanistan, Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
Despite these continued successes, U.S. opinion polls indicate that 81 percent of Americans have confidence in their military. This is down from 90 percent twenty years earlier.
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