---
"title": "Not Enough Troop Support"
"description": "Fully 72% of Americans say the government does not give enough support to soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"date": "2008-06-13"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/06/13/not-enough-troop-support/"
"categories":
  - "Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities"
---

# Not Enough Troop Support

Fully 72% of Americans say the government does not give enough support to soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, a level unchanged from March 2007, when the problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals made major news. In addition, just 29% rate the government’s job of providing medical care for the returning troops as excellent or good, while 63% rate it as only fair or poor. These opinions about the medical care for returning troops also have changed little since last March. Just 5% say the government has done an excellent job in providing medical care for returning troops, while 24% say the care has been good. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/769/walter-reed-one-year-later)