Princeton, NJ--Americans believe that the United States Army and Marines are most important for national defense, and then the air force and Navy. This differs from the years prior to the start of the war in Iraq, when the Americans called the air force in the most important branch of the armed forces.
Gallup first asked the Americans about the importance of military units in 1940 and began to use the current wording of the question in 2001. Regardless of the format of the exact issue at all until 2004 the Americans--by very substantial margins--called the air force as the most important branches of the military.
A major shift Occurred between 2002 and 2004, simultaneously with the beginning of the war in Iraq, in which the main news coverage was the United States Army. The percentage of Americans saying the air force as the most important military authorities declined in 2004, while the Americans more attention given to army and Marine Corps.
This change continues in the army and Marines, essentially tied in the Gallup Poll June 9-12 as the most important for national defence, while the estimated value of the air force also dropped from 23% in 2004 to 17% today. The percentage of Americans calling the Navy as the most important fell from 17% in 2002 to 11% today. Gallup first included the coast guard in the wording of the question in 2002, but the industry has received several mentions of the most important since that time.
Air force dominated the "most critical" rating from 1949 to 1960
Gallup first measured Americans ' perceptions of the importance of branches of the armed forces in June 1949, using this question: "If the United States must get into a new world war, units of the armed forces do you think will play a most important role in the victory in the war--the army, Navy or air force?"
At the same time, 81% of Americans chose to air force, and then at 6%, which is described as 4% of the army and Navy. In August 1951, in the middle of the Korean war air force continued to dominate the "most important" perception, with 70% by clicking it. And in 1960, before the elections, in which two former officers of the Navy John f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon — President, were 62% of Americans cited air force as the most important, while 5% 6% chose the army and Navy.
No changes in the Marine Corps as the most prestigious branch
The Americans called the Marines most prestigious branch of the armed forces in each of the four surveys conducted between 2001 and 2011. Thirty-six percent said the Marines as the most prestigious in 2001, while 46 per cent do today.
Americans view the air force's prestige declined during this period of time. In 2001, the air force was a few percentage points for the Marines as the most prestigious. Now in 2011, the army has moved into second place in prestige for the Marines, while mentioning the AIR FORCE dropped by more than half, from 32% to 15%.
The Effects Of
For decades, stretching from 1949 to 2002, air force generals certainly pleased to find that the average American is considered the most important branch--by very large air force fields. This happened despite the dominant role of the army during the Vietnam war and the successful efforts, led by the United States Army to Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi army from Kuwait in early 1991.
Now, in recent years, the foremost generals of the army and marine, as Americans see these two branches of the military as the most important, with the air force and Navy, were lagging behind.
A shift in the perception between 2002 and 2003, when the United States first became involved in the war in Iraq. Air force and Navy participated actively in the fight against these two wars, of course, but despite this, the weakened public opinion on the importance of these two service branches. High level of visibility, the question of the role of the Navy seals in the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in may, moreover, seems to be little to considerably increase the perceived value or prestige of the Navy.
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