A new public opinion poll featured in The Hill has found that the US military's reputation is in free fall:

The Ronald Reagan Institute just announced that public confidence in the military has continued its precipitous drop. The institute's November 2021 poll found that only 45 percent of those polled report "a great deal of trust and confidence in the military" — down 25 points in three years. The institute adds "Increasing numbers of Americans say they have little or not much confidence in the military, which is up 15 points in the last three years."

The military isn't the only public institution suffering a bad reputation, but it is used to basking in public esteem. As a result, it may not know how to recover.