troop morale
Army unit enthusiasm
Troop morale is the collective spirit, confidence, and willingness to fight among military personnel.
High morale means soldiers believe in their mission and trust their leadership; low morale breeds desertion, insubordination, and defeat.
Commanders obsess over it because no amount of weaponry compensates for troops who've lost the will to fight: Mail from home boosted troop morale.
- USOMilitary welfare nonprofit
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- war bondsGovernment debt for combat
- donutRing-shaped fried sweet
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
pin-up girls · discipline · esprit de corps · band of brothers · rest periods · camaraderie · mutual respect · loyalty · letters · mail call · stand-up comedy · military bands · trust · home front · resilience · chaplain · leadership · teamwork
- warcombat, warfare, battle scenes, battles, soldier
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, combat stress, combat trauma, shell shock, battle fatigue
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- Troop MoraleUSO, USO shows, Bob Hope, concert tours, live shows
- war effortwar bonds, liberty bonds, Red Cross, USO, victory gardens
- wartime chaplainschaplains, army chaplains, hospital chaplains, chaplaincy
troop moralelow morale
Diminished group enthusiasm
despair · defeatism · hopelessness · broken spirit · despondency
troop moralemutiny
Revolt against authority
insubordination · desertion · fragging · disintegration · disorder