Low morale reported among U.S. soldiers in Iraq
{{date|July 20, 2005}}

A U.S. Army report finds stress is weighing heavily on Iraq War-era troops with 54 percent of soldiers rating their units' morale as low or very low. This is better than the comparable figure in a year-earlier Army survey. Reportedly, most bothersome to the soldiers was the length of their required stay in Iraq, which was at least 1 year.

Defense Secretary [[w:Donald H. Rumsfeld|Donald H. Rumsfeld]] said that the Army's 12-month requirement is linked to reorganization. "I've tried to get the Army to look at the length of tours and I think at some point down the road they will," Rumsfeld said.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050720/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_us_military_health
|title=Majority of Soldiers Say Iraq Morale Low
|author=Robert Burns
|pub=AP
|date=July 20, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002387548_cominghome18m.html 
|title=Customers remained loyal while he was on Guard duty 
|author=Alex Fryer
|pub=The Seattle Times
|date= July 18, 2005 }}

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A U.S. Army report finds stress is weighing heavily on Iraq War-era troops with 54 percent of soldiers rating their units' morale as low or very low. This is better than the comparable figure in a year-earlier Army survey. Reportedly, most bothersome to the soldiers was the length of their required stay in Iraq, which was at least 1 year.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that the Army's 12-month requirement is linked to reorganization. "I've tried to get the Army to look at the length of tours and I think at some point down the road they will," Rumsfeld said.
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