How can I help my Soldiers' morale?

SSG (Join to see) As a NCO, you have to lead by example and can not let your men see that you are also affected. What is your unit doing that is causing the problem? If you know what the problem is, have you tried to fix it?

Model this: Integrity first, service before self, excellence in all you do.

I always told my NCOs that they are an umbrella to their troops. What I mean by that is that you are required to protect them from the crap that rains down on them. I always did that by keeping them focused on our mission and I promised them that i would deal with that which was thrown at us. Then I banned with the other NCOs and SNCOs and shielded the troops from what we could allowing them to continue focusing on training and the necessities of the mission.

You might have to incorporated training and activities into your training schedule that is going to keep the soldier's interest up. Think outside the box. Instead of doing the MOS do some training like First aide. Where u have stations set up. Do some hiking. Try to train with other units, or Some ROTC units. That's a few suggestions.

Tell leadership to ease up or they're numbers are going suck when people start etsing

Nothing, nowadays it's best to protect yourself. Your career and self preservation are more important.

You have to be a guiding light in their career. Show them that you care about their career. Always help your junior soldiers/sailors. This is one of the best ways I have found. You keep them positive.

Have you tried a team-building event? If not, may I suggest getting together with them to do something fun, like golf, fishing, sporting event, etc? Also, if you feel they deserve it, perhaps you should put them in for an award. While you are at it, complete a DA 638 on yourself and ask your supervisor if he/she thinks it would be appropriate to submit.

As a soldier I can tell you that you need to pull your soldiers in close. Spend time with them, relate to them. The problem with leaders that I see is too many times they become NCOs or leaders, and they forget that they were once a Joe. The moment you can't bring yourself back down to reach a Joe is the moment you lose him. He then loses respect for you, and ultimately his motivation and morale. I know this bc it has happened to me too many times. Too often when someone progresses into a leadership position, they put too much separation between themselves and the soldier. Separation is good bc we as joes need to see who's leading and who we can count on to represent us. But when you stop helping and mentoring all together and start disciplining without explanation it creates a problem. All the Joe sees is his leader punishing him, not talking to him and explaining that "hey I been there I made that mistake and I bounced back". I talk about leaders because to me the leaders create the environment and set the tone of morale in the unit. And they also play a big part in the rising or lowering of the moral. And I big part of that is based on the relationship you have with your soldiers. Be an example, and if other leaders don't wanna follow then tell their soldiers if they need someone to talk to or look up to, then look at you.
Good luck brother !

First off dont peddle out the "false motivation is better than no motivation" crap. Because false motivation is worse than none, your telling soldiers its better to be a fake than to just ruck up and drive on. Best thing ive found so far (im only a spc with four years in) is to find a way to connect with the soldiers themselves. Not be friends per-se but they need to see you as an ally in thier lives not an adversary or obstacle. Ask them about thier lives, even if you dont have similar interest show them you genuinley want to at least understand. Find out what interests them and why, this will lead you to what drives them. Once you know what they seek in life and what makes them tick, you will know where the "moto-button" is and how to push it. Then motivating soldiers is easy. Keep in mind that every soldier is thier own unique person so what works on one probably wont work on the others. Also remeber this is a slow process. Once they trust and respect you, they will break their backs for you.