Morale in the navy? how to boost it up

Question

The crew that my husband is on has very low morale. They have been on many deployments in the last 3 1/2 years with very little "home" time in between. It seems as though his Command doesn't care. Is there anything that we can do to help boost the morale for the Sailors and their families.

Now I know the saying," The Navy issues you a sea bag, not a family" but it's getting pretty bad. Any tips or advise you can share would be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

try going to the local schools and ask to set up a letter writing program...all sevice persons appreciate a good letter, even a bad one

Answer 2

You must know that the Navy is a disciplined ,and the sailors have to obey the orders that are given from above, they will have moral and they are let to write to their loved ones, when they are on missions they have to obey all the instructions given to them, but after that then, they will get home for leave, and be with their loved ones, and then they get all the moral they need

Answer 3

Maybe an additional liberty call would be in order - but it is a growing experience when both you and your family learn a great deal about each other. It also makes the time you spend together so much more special.

It may not seem like much but at least you have email, mail calls are so far and few in between especially on small boys....now you can send an email almost any time and get a response quickly. It isn't much to you now but if you have any family that was Navy say 10-15 years ago when they didn't have it...

Maybe the Ombudsman can schedule some sort of get together for the families and take some videos and send them to the ship.  

Answer 4

I truly believe that all leave and liberty should be cancelled and 12 hour, 7 day a week work days should be put in force until morale improves.