In fact, it is fundamentally impossible for the awareness of deliberate ignorance on the part of superior officers not to result in some degree of psychological erosion of the general respect for orders (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2003; Myers & Spencer, 2004).
Moreover, the official prohibition of alcohol in Camp Bonsteel undermines its purpose of ensuring the security, health, and welfare of enlisted personnel. It exposes them to the environment of illicit alcohol procurement and consumption outside the base and in circumstances more likely to precipitate threats to their safety and potential adverse interactions with local civilians than permitting responsible alcohol consumption in camp. Likewise, whereas another purpose of General Order 1 is to enhance U.S. relations in the region, it prohibits at least one useful mechanism for achieving that objective. Specifically, employing local civilians has long been known by sociologists to be beneficial to in terms of enhancing relations between foreign military forces and civilian populations in the local region (Henslin, 2002; Macionis, 2003). In that regard, opening a bar & grill on the ground of Camp Bonsteel would maximize this principle and allow local civilians employed by the venture to interact with U.S. military personnel in a much more positive context than their exposure to military patrols and other military operations.
Conclusion:
General Order 1 is ineffective because it is virtually impossible to...
Its stated underlying purpose is valid but contradicted rather than furthered by implementation of alcohol prohibition. Superior officers routinely ignore infractions unless it is impossible to do so without serious consequences. As a result, enlisted personnel expose themselves to increased dangers of several types by resorting to drinking outside of the camp. Repealing General Order 1 and allowing the establishment of a bar & grill in Camp Bonsteel would further every element of the stated purpose of General Order 1 better than alcohol prohibition. In addition, a Camp Bonsteel Bar & Grill would provide additional opportunities to employ local civilians and thereby enhance U.S. relations in the area as well in conjunction with their employment.
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