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New Poll of U.S. Troops and Veterans Reveals Their Thoughts on Current Military Policies
In a new Smithsonian poll, conducted with the help of Stars and Stripes, current and former members of the armed forces take aim at conventional wisdom
By Terence Monmaney
January 2019
Do you support the continuation of the war on terror?
I approve of transgender people in the military
I support the deployment of female troops in ground combat situations.
Gender-mixed basic training reduces physical training standards.
If someone is serving in the U.S. military who is not a U.S. citizen, he or she should be immune from deportation.
If someone is serving in the U.S. military who is not a U.S. citizen, his or her spouse and children should be immune from deportation.
I support the use of U.S. military armed services deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent people from entering the United States illegally.
Which of the following do you feel is the greatest external threat to American security?
The current occupation of Afghanistan has been going on too long.
The current occupation of Iraq has been going on too long.
I would want my son or daughter to serve in the military.
If given the opportuity, I would join the military again as a career option.
I feel that veterans are being fully treated for their physical military career injuries.
I feel that veterans are being fully treated for their mental and emotional military career injuries.
I have experienced discrimination due to my gender or gender identity in the military
I have personally experienced sexual assault or sexual harassment in the military.
I have witnessed another service member being sexually harassed or assaulted during my service in the military.
In the poll, conducted over the 2018 Veterans Day holiday, more than 23,000 digital subscribers to Stars and Stripes news services worldwide received an email invitation to participate anonymously in an online opinion survey about military policy and conditions in the armed services.
The respondents were 109 active-duty service members and 922 veterans from all branches of the armed services, including officers as well as enlisted personnel; among them were 76 women. (The analysis excluded 676 other respondents who were not current or former service members.)
A research team led by Delton Daigle, a political scientist at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, designed the poll and performed the statistical analysis of results.
Overall, the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percent, but the figure was higher for smaller subsamples; for results limited to female respondents, the margin of error was about 11 percent.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts...thoughts-current-military-policies-180971134/
In a new Smithsonian poll, conducted with the help of Stars and Stripes, current and former members of the armed forces take aim at conventional wisdom
By Terence Monmaney
January 2019
Do you support the continuation of the war on terror?
I approve of transgender people in the military
I support the deployment of female troops in ground combat situations.
Gender-mixed basic training reduces physical training standards.
If someone is serving in the U.S. military who is not a U.S. citizen, he or she should be immune from deportation.
If someone is serving in the U.S. military who is not a U.S. citizen, his or her spouse and children should be immune from deportation.
I support the use of U.S. military armed services deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent people from entering the United States illegally.
Which of the following do you feel is the greatest external threat to American security?
The current occupation of Afghanistan has been going on too long.
The current occupation of Iraq has been going on too long.
I would want my son or daughter to serve in the military.
If given the opportuity, I would join the military again as a career option.
I feel that veterans are being fully treated for their physical military career injuries.
I feel that veterans are being fully treated for their mental and emotional military career injuries.
I have experienced discrimination due to my gender or gender identity in the military
I have personally experienced sexual assault or sexual harassment in the military.
I have witnessed another service member being sexually harassed or assaulted during my service in the military.
In the poll, conducted over the 2018 Veterans Day holiday, more than 23,000 digital subscribers to Stars and Stripes news services worldwide received an email invitation to participate anonymously in an online opinion survey about military policy and conditions in the armed services.
The respondents were 109 active-duty service members and 922 veterans from all branches of the armed services, including officers as well as enlisted personnel; among them were 76 women. (The analysis excluded 676 other respondents who were not current or former service members.)
A research team led by Delton Daigle, a political scientist at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, designed the poll and performed the statistical analysis of results.
Overall, the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percent, but the figure was higher for smaller subsamples; for results limited to female respondents, the margin of error was about 11 percent.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts...thoughts-current-military-policies-180971134/
