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 Published:
 Dec. 31, 2007
 

Morale                                        

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

Completely satisfied
 37.4 %
 
Somewhat satisfied
46.2%
Somewhat dissatisfied
11.5%
 
Completely dissatisfied
2.5%
No opinion
2.3%
 

2) How satisfied are you with your family life?

Very satisfied
53.3%
 
Somewhat satisfied
32.2%
Somewhat dissatisfied
8%
 
Very dissatisfied
4.1%
No opinion
2.3%
 

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

A great deal
10.3%
 
Quite a lot
31.5%
Not very much
44.9%
 
None at all
12.8%
Don't know
0.5%
 

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

Very satisfied
32%
 
Somewhat satisfied
43.8%
Somewhat dissatisfied
14.6%
 
Very dissatisfied
6.2%
No opinion
3.4%
 

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

Very worried
6.9%
 
Somewhat worried
30.9%
Not too worried
34%
 
Not at all worried
26.6%
No opinion
1.7%
 

6) Would you recommend a military career to others?

Yes
86.9%
 
No
9.1%
No opinion
4%
 

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
83.4%
 
Suggest different occupation
13.7%
No opinion
3%
 

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

Yes
74.7%
 
No
15.9%
Don't know
9.4%
 

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

Educational opportunities
17.3%
 
Patriotism
74.5%
Pay
30.2%
 
Pension
53.1%
Job security
15%
 
Travel, adventure
26.5%
Health care for my family and me
19.5%
 
Career satisfaction
39.8%
Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan
22.8%
 
None of the above
1.3%

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

Spuse job opportunity
10.1%
 
Health care for my family and me
13.4%
Working conditions
36.2%
 
Pay
31.5%
Poor leaders
54.4%
 
Better job opportunity
38.3%
Poor housing
8.1%
 
Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan
36.9%
Frequent deployments
58.4%
 
Poor base facilities
12.8%

11) I am well trained for my military job.

Strongly agree
31.9%
 
Agree
54.4%
Disagree
10.3%
 
Strongly disagree
2.5%
No opinion
1%
 

13) I would rate military pay and allowances as:

Excellent
18%
 
Satisfactory
61.1%
Poor
16.7%
 
Very Poor
4%
No opinion
0.7%
 

14) I would rate military health care as:

Excellent
14.2%
 
Satisfactory
56.2%
Poor
20.4%
 
Very Poor
6.1%
No opinion
3.2%
 

15) Overall, officers in the military are:

Excellent
19.6%
 
Satisfactory
64.8%
 
Poor
11.4%
 
Very Poor
3.2%
 
No opinion
1.1%
 

16) Overall, enlisted leaders in the military are:

Excellent
31.9%
 
Satisfactory
60.5%
 
Poor
5.3%
 
Very Poor
1.5%
 
No opinion
0.9%
 

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

Strongly agree
10.4%
 
Agree
46.3%
Disagree
32%
 
Strongly disagree
9.7%
No opinion
1.6%
 

18) Overall, my military quality of life is:

Excellent
20.7%
 
Satisfactory
69.6%
Poor
7.1%
 
Very Poor
1.8%
No opinion
0.8%
 

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

Strongly agree
3.3%
 
Agree
30.3%
Disagree
38.3%
 
Strongly disagree
20.5%
No opinion
7.7%
 

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

Strongly agree
14%
 
Agree
37.3%
Disagree
22.4%
 
Strongly disagree
19.1%
No opinion
7.3%
 

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

Strongly agree
15.5%
 
Agree
48.6%
Disagree
23.2%
 
Strongly disagree
8.5%
No opinion
4.3%
 

22) Congress has my best interests at heart.

Strongly agree
1.7%
 
Agree
16.1%
Disagree
39.2%
 
Strongly disagree
38%
No opinion
5%
 

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

Strongly agree
25.2%
 
Agree
46.1%
Disagree
16%
 
Strongly disagree
5.1%
No opinion
7.6%
 

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

Strongly agree
32.8%
 
Agree
38.2%
Disagree
23.1%
 
Strongly disagree
2.2%
No opinion
3.6%