Army soldiers and a civilian have a group discussion during the Army Master Resilience Training course held in Seoul, South Korea, in 2013. (Photo: Mark Abueg, U.S. Army)
USA Today: Army morale low despite 6-year, $287M optimism program
More than half of some 770,000 soldiers are pessimistic about their future in the military and nearly as many are unhappy in their jobs, despite a six-year, $287 million campaign to make troops more optimistic and resilient, findings obtained by USA TODAY show.
Twelve months of data through early 2015 show that 403,564 soldiers, or 52%, scored badly in the area of optimism, agreeing with statements such as "I rarely count on good things happening to me." Forty-eight percent have little satisfaction in or commitment to their jobs.
The results stem from resiliency assessments that soldiers are required to take every year. In 2014, for the first time, the Army pulled data from those assessments to help commanders gauge the psychological and physical health of their troops.
Update: US military morale is reportedly at 'rock bottom' again -- Business Insider
WNU Editor: What got my attention on low morale in the U.S. military was this report .... Air Force General: 'There Was a Huge Morale Problem' in Nuke Force (Military.com). The last people who you do not want to be unhappy are those who are responsible for our nuclear forces .... but it appears that low morale is now becoming the rule .... and for all the forces .... and throwing a few dollars here and there are not going to solve it..
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A few words of encouragement and a little belated glad handing by Obama is not going to accomplish much.
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