Memo: National Guard morale low

[sabra]

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http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/080705/new_20050807010.shtml

Memo: National Guard morale low

Associated Press

CHICAGO -- 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 today.

The Jan. 29 memo also raised concerns about the widely held perception that officers are more focused on lining up promotions than their troops' well-being.

Seventy-two percent of those surveyed disagreed with the following statement: "Officer leadership during the (mobilization) had a very positive effect on the unit's morale."

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[Erika]

1. Bush's war

Rumsfeld says we go to war with what we got.

[oscarmitre]

2. Simple isn't it?

They're ignoring the basics. Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation. Old but valid.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Makes you wonder what kind of story the AP reporter would have gotten

had he/she talked with an ordinary enlistee, rather than several officers!

It's interesting to note that they are actually losing officers as well. They got 80 new ones, yet lost 102.

600 troops short of their recruiting goal. No doubt!

[Rebellious Republican]

4. Man, where do you keep coming up with these great tid bits!

I have come to look for your posts, I usually find them very informative and factual.

Thanks for your diligent research, this is how we are going to take back our country.

Just wish the MSM would do the same kind of investigative journalism.

:toast:

[bemildred]

5. No shit? nt