Trust in the military is dropping significantly, new survey suggests

I second that! I stay busy on with my civilian job with how many troops are getting out. When I got here in 2017 we had 234 troops, now we are down to 150 and continuing to go down.

The latest number of vets (of all types) who rioted on 6 Jan, according to NPR, is 27. 27 out of the existing pool of 18 Million veterans is 0.00015 percent of the veteran population. (numbers from US Census Bureau). This does NOT represent a significant slice of the military.

Col Joseph Lenertz - 27 vets on public tv, being seen around the world, send a much louder message than millions of veterans sitting quietly in the background.
For better or worse, we are all ambassadors of the military.

Well Col. sacrifice and integrity is what is expected of us on a daily basis. You don't get headlines for doing your job nor should you. You get Headlines when you go above and beyond the call of duty and you get headlines when you F...up.

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - and that is the problem with MSM and news sources - they blast mistakes and crimes, painting an image in the publics eye - media manipulation is a real thing, and absolutely shapes public perceptions.

Simple case in point, and only used to support my above statement. take the issues at the southern border and how Media, Politicians, and pundits painted the picture about conditions at the border as "Concentration Camps" - Flash Forward to today, same shit happening, same facilities being used, yet the language and image portrayed is much different, with terms like "Migrant child facility". You cannot logically and intellectually deny that media manipulates perceptions deliberately.

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - Absolutely - Sex, Violence, and Scandals. and the more lewd, bloody, and diabolical it is, the more we consume it.

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - where did I say it was a surprise? I said MSM manipulates perception. If all they give Civilian Jane and Joe is negativity, then that would be the perception presented in polls.