Published:
January 3, 2005
2004 index
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| Morale Answers are shown in percentages |
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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 |
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2) Would you recommend a military career to others? |
| Yes: 86 |
No: 9 |
|
No opinion: 5 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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7) I would rate my military housing as: |
| 13 |
48 |
17 |
8 |
13 |
| Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
Very poor |
No opinion |
|
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8) I would rate military pay and allowances: |
| 17 |
64 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
| Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
Very poor |
No opinion |
|
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9) I would rate military health care as: |
| 22 |
58 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
| Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
Very poor |
No opinion |
|
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10) Overall, officers in the military are: |
| 25 |
63 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
| Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
Very poor |
No opinion |
|
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11) Overall, enlisted leaders in the military are: |
| 32 |
60 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
| Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
Very poor |
No opinion |
|
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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 |
|
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14) The civilian military leadership has my best interests at heart. |
| 5 |
43 |
32 |
10 |
10 |
| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
No opinion |
|
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15) The senior military leadership has my best interests at heart. |
| 15 |
55 |
20 |
4 |
6 |
| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
No opinion |
|
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16) Congress has my best interests at heart. |
| 13 |
50 |
25 |
13 |
0 |
| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
No opinion |
|
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17) President Bush has my best interests at heart. |
| 25 |
44 |
15 |
8 |
9 |
| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
No opinion |
|
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18) Today's military is too thin to be effective. |
| 32 |
34 |
24 |
4 |
6 |
| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
No opinion |
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