Is Decreasing Morale really an Issue in the Army or are researchers focusing on the wrong issues?

Sir, this was a very interesting article. One thing to always remember is that the "experts" always seem to find information that supports whatever agenda they are paid to research.

Focused on the wrong issues. Instead of a matrix on the probability of suicide use our resources to improve quality of life. Pay, Family and retirement or forced retirement

There is no way to predict one's actions. The knowledge of a person understanding they control only there thought's thereby drive their consequences which contain emotions, feel, and reactions, do, is the understanding that needs to be conveyed.

R2 is not a suicide prevention program it has that program as part of it's core.

I think it is a lot of both and the cause is (in my opinion) the leaders are too far removed from the field. Don't hire researcher to find out what is wrong, send a Senior to do a sensing session with groups of around 50 service members of each rank groups of at different posts, have a Solider ask Soldiers what makes them mad, sad, what could be done to improve the situation from the top. I know my moral issues are mostly from Congress crap, not from a lack of resiliency training.