A new poll shows that the majority of veterans and current U.S. troops support President Donald Trump's deployment of armed forces at the U.S./Mexico border as well as the administration's move to ban transgender service members.

In the Smithsonian poll conducted in partnership with Defense Department publication Stars and Stripes and George Mason University, current and former members of the U.S. military take aim at military policies.

More than 1,000 people responded to the poll conducted over Veteran's Day weekend, with 65 percent of respondents backing the move by Trump to have military presence at the border to deal with the arrival of Central American migrants.

At the same time, a majority of respondents had a dim view on the administration's proposal to deport non-citizen service members and/or their families.

The deployment of troops to the border, initially set to expire Dec. 15, has been extended until Jan. 31, the Pentagon announced last month.

The Department of Homeland Security formally requested the deployment be extended by 45 days for “the ongoing threat at the southern border,” according to department spokeswoman Katie Waldman.

U.S. officials said the troops at the border will provide support and protection for Border Patrol agents and continue to install and repair wire barriers. In addition, more troops are expected to shift from Texas and Arizona to California.

The request is to keep about 4,000 troops at the border, allowing about 1,600 to return home. The 260 Fort Campbell soldiers deployed to Texas are among those continuing their mission.

Abroad, U.S. led military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq is entering its 18th year. More than 80 percent of poll respondents agreed that the occupations have "been going on too long." But they also expressed strong support for the War on Terror, with 83 percent saying that it should continue.

The poll reveals differences in by age. Compared with millennials, respondents from the Greatest Generation were twice as supportive of sending troops to the border. In other questions, they were far more likely to say the military prepared them for later life and they were half as supportive of transgender troops.

Only 39 percent of respondents said they supported transgender service members in the military. Thirty-seven percent of men said they were supportive, while 62 percent of women said they were supportive.

Here are more poll results:

Overall, the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percent, but the figure was higher for smaller subsamples; for results limited to female respondents, the margin of error was about 11 percent.

Yihyun Jeong covers veterans and military affairs for USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee. Reach her at yjeong@tennessean.com. Follower her on Twitter @yihyun_jeong.



