Morale Plunges For U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

CAVE CAUTIOUS - U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rudy Skultety pulls security near a cave as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and the U.S. Agriculture Department visit a village near the city of Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province, May 8, 2011. Skultety is assigned to the reconstruction team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

Morale Plunges Among Troops In Afghanistan -- Navy Times/USA Today

U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan are experiencing some of the greatest psychological stress and lowest morale in five years of fighting, reports a military study.

“We’re an Army that’s in uncharted territory here,” said Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff, who has focused on combat stress. “We have never fought for this long with an all-volunteer force that’s 1 percent of the population.”

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Update #1: Afghan War vets are stressed out -- UPI
Update #2: US Troop Stress in Afghanistan Hits 5-Year High -- Newsmax

My Comment: If casualty rates start to reach rates that are higher than last years .... expect morale to plunge even further.