War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era: The Military-Civilian Gap

A new survey at the Pew Research Center:

Only about one half of one percent of the U.S. population has been on active military duty at any given time during the past decade of sustained warfare. Some 84% of post-9/11 veterans say the public does not understand the problems faced by those in the military or their families. The public agrees, though by a less lopsided majority—71%.