![]() Later, conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan increased the overall size of the military. Some of the declines in military participation that followed the Cold War and Gulf War were halted with the 9/11 terrorist attacks. military has been on a downward trajectory for several decades. ![]() (For more, see our new report on veterans, “ The American Veteran Experience and the Post-9/11 Generation.”) These demographic changes in the active forces also have been reshaping the profile of the veteran population. The gender dynamics also have changed over the course of the past 50 years, with more women serving in the military – and as ranking officers – in 2017 than ever before. Today’s active duty military is smaller and more racially and ethnically diverse than in previous generations. Above, service members are honored in a pregame ceremony for Armed Forces Night in Kansas City, Missouri. Black and Hispanic adults represent sizable and growing shares of the armed forces as of 2017, and more women are serving in the military than ever before. ![]()
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