unit cohesion
Group sticking together
Unit cohesion is the bond that holds a military or other organized group together, making members willing to sacrifice for one another and the mission.
It develops through shared hardship, training, and trust.
Military leaders consider it essential to combat effectiveness: The platoon's unit cohesion kept them fighting when everything went wrong.
The concept extends to sports teams, work groups, and other units requiring coordinated effort under pressure.
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
- battle buddyPaired soldier for safety
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- esprit de corpsShared pride among members
camaraderie · shoulder to shoulder · chain of command · trust · collaboration · squad · discipline · military bearing · leadership · platoon · combat readiness · loyalty · shared responsibility · common purpose · organizational culture · mutual respect · drills · boot camp
unit cohesiondisunity
Absence of accord
fragmentation · discord · internal strife · infighting · factionalism
unit cohesiondisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
disintegration · breakdown · dissolution · scattering · dispersion
unit cohesionevery man for himself
Chaotic self-interest declaration
individualism · self-interest · going it alone · careerism · free agency