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 Published:
 January 3, 2005
 2004 index
Morale      Answers are shown in percentages

1) How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your job?

37 50 11 3 2
Completely satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Completely dissatisfied No opinion

2) Would you recommend a military career to others?

Yes: 86 No: 9 No opinion: 5

3) If you had to decide today, would you re-enlist or — if an officer — extend your commitment?

Yes: 75 No: 20 No opinion: 5

4) If you answered yes to question #3, check the THREE most important reasons why.

22 58 29 40 45
Educational opportunities Patriotism Pay Pension Job security
18 37 39 12 1
Travel, adventure Health care for my family, me Career satisfaction Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan None of the above

5) If you answered no to question #3, check the THREE most important reasons why.

17 7 44 39 49
Spouse job opportunity Health care for my family, me Working conditions Pay Poor leaders
43 11 28 48 8
Better job opportunity Poor housing Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Frequent deployments Poor base facilities

6) For each of the following, what kind of opinion do you think they have of members of the U.S. military?

  Very favorable Somewhat favorable Somewhat unfavorable Very unfavorable
Civilians 37 57 6 0
News media 10 47 34 10
Politicians 17 60 20 3

7) I would rate my military housing as:

13 48 17 8 13
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

8) I would rate military pay and allowances:

17 64 16 3 0
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

9) I would rate military health care as:

22 58 14 5 0
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

10) Overall, officers in the military are:

25 63 7 2 3
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

11) Overall, enlisted leaders in the military are:

32 60 5 1 2
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

12) Overall, my military quality of life is:

29 65 5 1 0
Excellent Fair Poor Very poor No opinion

13) I am well trained for my military job.

45 49 5 1 1
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion

14) The civilian military leadership has my best interests at heart.

5 43 32 10 10
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion

15) The senior military leadership has my best interests at heart.

15 55 20 4 6
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion

16) Congress has my best interests at heart.

13 50 25 13 0
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion

17) President Bush has my best interests at heart.

25 44 15 8 9
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion

18) Today's military is too thin to be effective.

32 34 24 4 6
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No opinion