“The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.”- Dwight D. Eisenhower
A broad swath of U.S. soldiers suffer low morale and distrust in leadership despite a six-year, $287 million campaign to boost optimism and make troops psychologically resilient, findings obtained by USA TODAY show.
The results stem from resiliency assessments that soldiers are required to take every year. In 2014, for the first time, the Army pulled data from those assessments to help commanders gauge the psychological and physical health of their troops.
The effort produced startlingly negative results: More than half said they were pessimistic about their futures and nearly as many said they have little satisfaction in or commitment to their job, according to answers from about 770,000 soldiers.
Twelve months of data through early 2015 show that 403,564 soldiers, or 52%, scored badly in the area of optimism, agreeing with statements such as "I rarely count on good things happening to me."
The effort produced startlingly negative results: More than half said they were pessimistic about their futures and nearly as many said they have little satisfaction in or commitment to their job, according to answers from about 770,000 soldiers.
Twelve months of data through early 2015 show that 403,564 soldiers, or 52%, scored badly in the area of optimism, agreeing with statements such as "I rarely count on good things happening to me."
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