Reply #7: Some Units may have high morale, others low [View All]

[RobertSeattle]

But my BS detector goes off when I hear something like "The morale is just over the top "

I guess they didn't tall to this Illinois Guard Unit:

Survey shows low morale among Illinois Guard

August 6, 2005

A memo written by a top-ranking officer shows mounting concern over morale, leadership and declining retention within the Illinois Army National Guard, according to a published report.

With recruitment numbers down for the year, the document identifies some of the problems Illinois National Guard officials are facing as they try to prevent a personnel shortage from taking place.

A survey of 1,200 Guard troops who had been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and U.S. bases last year showed that "the majority of soldiers feel they are poorly informed, inadequately cared for, and that training in their units is boring and unorganized," Brig Gen. Charles E. Fleming wrote in a non-classified memo obtained by the Chicago Tribune and detailed in a story published in its Sunday editions.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/guard06.html