The decline is attributed, according to Gallup, to the failure of the two most significant military legacies of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US - the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
About 130 soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, wait to board a chartered plane during their deployment to Europe, March 11, 2022, at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, US (AP)