Fewer than 1% of Americans currently serve in the military, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Wall Street Journal reports that of the estimated 17.4 million veterans in the U.S., 80% report having an immediate family member who served, and, despite two decades of conflict in the global war on terror, a recent Mission Roll Call national poll found that 67% of Generation Z does not know a veteran.

Taken together, this means military service has become a family business being shouldered by a shrinking minority of American families. This Veterans Day, Americans should reflect on the debt we owe our veterans who did their duty protecting our freedom and who continue to make America a stronger, healthier nation.

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