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| Army morale declining, Ministry of Defence survey shows | Army morale declining, Ministry of Defence survey shows |
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| Morale in the British Army has declined, according to the Ministry of Defence's annual survey of attitudes in the armed forces. | Morale in the British Army has declined, according to the Ministry of Defence's annual survey of attitudes in the armed forces. |
| Thirty per cent of Army personnel described their morale as low - up from 26% last year - the report showed. | Thirty per cent of Army personnel described their morale as low - up from 26% last year - the report showed. |
| And the proportion of those rating their morale as high declined for the third year running to 40%. | And the proportion of those rating their morale as high declined for the third year running to 40%. |
| Of the three armed services, the Army has been the hardest hit by recent redundancies. | Of the three armed services, the Army has been the hardest hit by recent redundancies. |
| The survey showed that across the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, 49% of personnel were satisfied with service life in general, while 28% said they were dissatisfied - largely unchanged from the previous year. | |
| Just 32% of Army personnel believe that reservists are well integrated with regular forces, according to the results. The equivalent figure was higher for the navy, at 56%, and for the air force it was 64%. | |
| There was also an increase in the proportion of personnel describing their workload as "too high": from 40% to 44%. Seven per cent said it was "too low". | |
| The Annual Armed Forces Attitudes Survey involved a random sample of 28,000 regular personnel in the armed forces. | The Annual Armed Forces Attitudes Survey involved a random sample of 28,000 regular personnel in the armed forces. |