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Navy survey shows Sailors lack trust, morale problems. Your thoughts?
Click the following link for full report, it is in pdf format.
http://www.military.com/PDF/2014-Navy-Retention-Study-Report-Full.pdf
Click the following link for full report, it is in pdf format.
http://www.military.com/PDF/2014-Navy-Retention-Study-Report-Full.pdf
Navy Survey: Sailors Unhappy, Don't Trust Brass
Posted from military.com
Morale
Welfare
Edited >1 y ago
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 7
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Twards the end of my tour in Japan, the outbound deployment pulled the fire alarm in the barracks when they departed. It's childish and unprofessional but typical.
The squadron Gunny with the XO behind him said there will be no fire watch if that person turns himself in or someone turns him in. That person came foreword a short while later. Still the Marines still there served a week of fire watch. The Marine that pulled it shipped out. I DO NOT like being lied to PERIOD!! That single lie by my senior leadership was the final straw for me not reenlisting. I could cite more, many more.
My apologies to the leadership reading this, but when they do crap like that, they loose all credibility. Like I said in a previous post, respect for rank is automatic, respect for the person wearing it isn't. That has to be earned. Respect for rank isn't enough to guarantee a tight, trustworthy unit.
I've also seen blatant examples of racism, sexism and favoritism. At least in the civilian market you can tell them to go fuck themselves and leave. I have.
LCDR (Join to see) I hear you're running the survey. Here is one reason, if you want more, message me.
The squadron Gunny with the XO behind him said there will be no fire watch if that person turns himself in or someone turns him in. That person came foreword a short while later. Still the Marines still there served a week of fire watch. The Marine that pulled it shipped out. I DO NOT like being lied to PERIOD!! That single lie by my senior leadership was the final straw for me not reenlisting. I could cite more, many more.
My apologies to the leadership reading this, but when they do crap like that, they loose all credibility. Like I said in a previous post, respect for rank is automatic, respect for the person wearing it isn't. That has to be earned. Respect for rank isn't enough to guarantee a tight, trustworthy unit.
I've also seen blatant examples of racism, sexism and favoritism. At least in the civilian market you can tell them to go fuck themselves and leave. I have.
LCDR (Join to see) I hear you're running the survey. Here is one reason, if you want more, message me.
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PO1 Petrica Veal
Wow! I can stop taking my medication now, I use to think that I was the only person effected by the blatant racism, sexism and favoritism in the Navy. Thanks for keeping it real!
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Sgt Packy Flickinger
PO1 Petrica Veal discrimination is everywhere. Some worse than others. Fight it when you can, leave when you can't. No need for medication for it.
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I think senior leadership needs to take a hard look at these numbers.
I believe the Navy has already started losing some really good people because of the issues addressed in this study (optempo, distrust, low morale).
I believe the Navy has already started losing some really good people because of the issues addressed in this study (optempo, distrust, low morale).
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Surveys can be skewed to whatever you want them to say, based on how the questions are worded. My first question would be: What do the reenlistment rates say?
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SGT Richard H.
LCDR (Join to see) , I will definitely give it a read. The retention rates you quoted do seem to be an issue. Seriously, if it's so bad that a guy would give up flying an F/A 18, that alone would speak volumes. Thanks for the reply.
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SGT Richard H.
LCDR (Join to see) Admittedly, the first time I looked at this and skimmed the article, I didn't notice the link to the actual survey. This time I did. I read it (albeit quickly) and it does seem very objective. One of the things I found that particularly caught my attention was the demographic in relation to the results. The percentage of Petty officers between 6-15 years was high (though I'm sure proportionate) and the sentiment was relatively low, as is the point of this discussion. The attention getter for me was that this is the demographic from which I would expect a fairly positive sentiment.
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PO3 (Join to see)
SGT Richard H. i did noticed the same thing, the majority of the participants are E5-E6, but why did you think that it is expected to have positive sentiment from this group? I talked to multiple E5 and the general consent is that they are fairly unhappy, my pop was a Seabee in Vietnam and he said it used to be great to be E5 since you are not senior enough to be responsible but senior enough to push the grunt works down to juniors. I had vet patient who told me the reason he retired with full benefits of 20 years of service only because President Reagant offered it, he was 12 years i believe. Today, I have an E5 on my team right now who is HYT, he can't re-enlist. And we need him. So is it the system or the power of our leaders influent it? As green as I am, I think that these factors influence my plan to serve 20 years...a lot. Because it is somewhat tell me about possibility of a naval career or not.
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SGT Richard H.
PO3 (Join to see) admittedly, I am a little out of touch with day to day attitudes, as I've been out for over 20 years, but my reference is in regard to the general thought that by the time you're an NCO, you're generally of a pretty good attitude, as that is part of what got you there.
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