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 Published:
 Dec. 31, 2007
 

Morale

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

Completely satisfied
 29.2 %
 
Somewhat satisfied
49.7%
Somewhat dissatisfied
15.2%
 
Completely dissatisfied
5.4%
No opinion
0.5%
 

2) How satisfied are you with your family life?

Very satisfied
46.8%
 
Somewhat satisfied
34.5%
Somewhat dissatisfied
10.9%
 
Very dissatisfied
5.6%
No opinion
2.2%
 

3) To what extent, if any, do you experience conflict between your work life and your personal life?

A great deal
9.5%
 
Quite a lot
33%
Not very much
48.1%
 
None at all
8.6%
Don't know
0.9%
 

4) How satisfied are you with the amount of time you spend with your family?

Very satisfied
18.8%
 
Somewhat satisfied
38.3%
Somewhat dissatisfied
23.4%
 
Very dissatisfied
16.2%
No answer
3.3%
 

5) At this time, would you say you are worried about your family's finances, or not?

Very worried
8.6%
 
Somewhat worried
27.7%
Not too worried
35%
 
Not at all worried
27.7%
No opinion
1.1%
 

6) Would you recommend a military career to others?

Yes
78.3%
 
No
15.3%
No opinion/no answer
5.5%
 

7) If you had a son or daughter who was planning to enter the military, would you support that step or would you:

Support that step
69.9%
 
Suggest different occupation
26%
No opinion
4.1%
 

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

Yes
66.1%
 
No
21.9%
Don't know
12%
 

9) What are the three most important reasons you indicated you would stay in the military?

Educational opportunities
22.6%
 
Patriotism
50.7%
Pay
22.8%
 
Pension
50.3%
Job security
44.6%
 
Travel, adventure
20.1%
Health care for my family and me
43.6%
 
Career satisfaction
35.3%
Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan
10%
 
None of the above
0.2%

10) What are the three most important reasons you indicated that you would not stay in the military?

Spuse job opportunity
19.5%
 
Health care for my family and me
6%
Working conditions
35.2%
 
Pay
39.6%
Poor leaders
54.1%
 
Better job opportunity
37.4%
Poor housing
7.5%
 
Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan
38.1%
Frequent deployments
55%
 
Poor base facilities
7.5%

11) I am well trained for my military job.

Strongly agree
34.9%
 
Agree
54.5%
Disagree
8.1%
 
Strongly disagree
1.7%
No opinion
0.8%
 

12) I would rate my military housing as:

Excellent
9%
 
Satisfactory
38%
Poor
14%
 
Very Poor
11%
No opinion
28%
 

13) I would rate military pay and allowances as:

Excellent
13%
 
Satisfactory
58%
Poor
23%
 
Very Poor
6%
No opinion
0%
 

14) I would rate military health care as:

Excellent
17%
 
Satisfactory
57%
Poor
19%
 
Very Poor
7%
No opinion/no answer
0%
 

15) Overall, officers in the military are:

Excellent
20%
 
Satisfactory
63%
 
Poor
12%
 
Very Poor
4%
 
No opinion/no answer
2%
 

16) Overall, enlisted leaders in the military are:

Excellent
24%
 
Satisfactory
63%
 
Poor
9%
 
Very Poor
3%
 
No opinion
1%
 

17) People in the military today are supplied with the best possible weapons and equipment.

Strongly agree
8.1%
 
Agree
47.6%
Disagree
31.6%
 
Strongly disagree
9.4%
No opinion
2.9%
 

18) Overall, my military quality of life is:

Excellent
18%
 
Satisfactory
71%
Poor
9%
 
Very Poor
2%
No opinion
1%
 

19) The civilian leadership of the Department of Defense has my best interests at heart.

Strongly agree
3.3%
 
Agree
32.4%
Disagree
33.9%
 
Strongly disagree
21.3%
No opinion
8.9%
 

20) President George W. Bush has my best interests at heart.

Strongly agree
12.7%
 
Agree
36.5%
Disagree
20.2%
 
Strongly disagree
19.9%
No opinion
10.7%
 

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

Strongly agree
13.8%
 
Agree
48%
Disagree
21.6%
 
Strongly disagree
11%
No opinion
5.7%
 

22) Congress has my best interests at heart.

Strongly agree
1.8%
 
Agree
18.7%
Disagree
36.5%
 
Strongly disagree
35.8%
No opinion
7.2%
 

23) Today's service members are better than they've ever been.

Strongly agree
20%
 
Agree
44.6%
Disagree
21.7%
 
Strongly disagree
5.6%
No opinion
8%
 

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

Strongly agree
34.6%
 
Agree
36.9%
Disagree
21.8%
 
Strongly disagree
2.8%
No opinion
3.8%