 Published:
Dec. 31, 2007
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Morale
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1) How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your job? |
| Completely satisfied |
29.2 % |
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| Somewhat satisfied |
49.7% |
| Somewhat dissatisfied |
15.2% |
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| Completely dissatisfied |
5.4% |
| No opinion |
0.5% |
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2) How satisfied are you with your family life? |
| Very satisfied |
46.8% |
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| Somewhat satisfied |
34.5% |
| Somewhat dissatisfied |
10.9% |
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| Very dissatisfied |
5.6% |
| No opinion |
2.2% |
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3)
To what extent,
if any, do you
experience conflict
between your work
life and your
personal life? |
| A great deal |
9.5% |
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| Quite a lot |
33% |
| Not very much |
48.1% |
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| None at all |
8.6% |
| Don't know |
0.9% |
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4)
How satisfied
are you with the
amount of time
you spend with
your family? |
| Very satisfied |
18.8% |
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| Somewhat satisfied |
38.3% |
| Somewhat dissatisfied |
23.4% |
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| Very dissatisfied |
16.2% |
| No answer |
3.3% |
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5) At this time, would you say you are worried about your family's finances, or not? |
| Very worried |
8.6% |
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| Somewhat worried |
27.7% |
| Not too worried |
35% |
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| Not at all worried |
27.7% |
| No opinion |
1.1% |
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6) Would you recommend a military career to others? |
| Yes |
78.3% |
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| No |
15.3% |
| No opinion/no answer |
5.5% |
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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% |
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| Suggest different occupation |
26% |
| No opinion |
4.1% |
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8)
If you had to
decide today,
would you re-enlist
or -- if an officer
-- extend your
commitment? |
| Yes |
66.1% |
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| No |
21.9% |
| Don't know |
12% |
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9) What are the three most important reasons you indicated you would stay in the military? |
| Educational opportunities |
22.6% |
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| Patriotism |
50.7% |
| Pay |
22.8% |
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| Pension |
50.3% |
| Job security |
44.6% |
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| Travel,
adventure |
20.1% |
| Health care for my family and me |
43.6% |
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| Career satisfaction |
35.3% |
| Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan |
10% |
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| 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% |
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| Health care for my family and
me |
6% |
| Working conditions |
35.2% |
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| Pay |
39.6% |
| Poor leaders |
54.1% |
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| Better job opportunity |
37.4% |
| Poor housing |
7.5% |
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| Wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan |
38.1% |
| Frequent deployments |
55% |
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| Poor base facilities |
7.5% |
11)
I am well trained for
my military job. |
| Strongly agree |
34.9% |
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| Agree |
54.5% |
| Disagree |
8.1% |
|
| Strongly disagree |
1.7% |
| No opinion |
0.8% |
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12)
I would rate my
military housing
as: |
| Excellent |
9% |
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| Satisfactory |
38% |
| Poor |
14% |
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| Very Poor |
11% |
| No opinion |
28% |
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13)
I would rate military
pay and allowances
as: |
| Excellent |
13% |
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| Satisfactory |
58% |
| Poor |
23% |
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| Very Poor |
6% |
| No opinion |
0% |
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14)
I would rate military
health care as: |
| Excellent |
17% |
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| Satisfactory |
57% |
| Poor |
19% |
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| Very Poor |
7% |
| No opinion/no answer |
0% |
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15)
Overall, officers
in the military
are: |
| Excellent |
20% |
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| Satisfactory |
63% |
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| Poor |
12% |
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| Very Poor |
4% |
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| No opinion/no answer |
2% |
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16)
Overall, enlisted leaders
in the military are: |
| Excellent |
24% |
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| Satisfactory |
63% |
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| Poor |
9% |
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| Very Poor |
3% |
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| No opinion |
1% |
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17)
People in the military
today are supplied with
the best possible weapons
and equipment. |
| Strongly agree |
8.1% |
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| Agree |
47.6% |
| Disagree |
31.6% |
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| Strongly disagree |
9.4% |
| No opinion |
2.9% |
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18)
Overall, my military quality
of life is: |
| Excellent |
18% |
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| Satisfactory |
71% |
| Poor |
9% |
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| Very Poor |
2% |
| No opinion |
1% |
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19)
The civilian leadership
of the Department of Defense
has my best interests
at heart. |
| Strongly agree |
3.3% |
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| Agree |
32.4% |
| Disagree |
33.9% |
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| Strongly disagree |
21.3% |
| No opinion |
8.9% |
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20)
President George W. Bush
has my best interests
at heart. |
| Strongly agree |
12.7% |
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| Agree |
36.5% |
| Disagree |
20.2% |
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| Strongly disagree |
19.9% |
| No opinion |
10.7% |
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21)
The senior military leadership
has my best interests
at heart. |
| Strongly agree |
13.8% |
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| Agree |
48% |
| Disagree |
21.6% |
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| Strongly disagree |
11% |
| No opinion |
5.7% |
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22)
Congress has my best interests
at heart. |
| Strongly agree |
1.8% |
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| Agree |
18.7% |
| Disagree |
36.5% |
|
| Strongly disagree |
35.8% |
| No opinion |
7.2% |
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23)
Today's service members
are better than they've
ever been. |
| Strongly agree |
20% |
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| Agree |
44.6% |
| Disagree |
21.7% |
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| Strongly disagree |
5.6% |
| No opinion |
8% |
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24)
Today's military is stretched
too thin to be effective. |
| Strongly agree |
34.6% |
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| Agree |
36.9% |
| Disagree |
21.8% |
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| Strongly disagree |
2.8% |
| No opinion |
3.8% |
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