Public confidence in the U.S. armed forces 1975-2021
In 2021, 69 percent of survey respondents in the United States said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. This is a slight decline from the previous year, when 72 percent of respondents had confidence in the U.S. military. However, this is an increase of 11 points from 1975 levels, when only 58 percent of Americans had confidence in the military.
