Essay on Importance of Barracks Cleanliness

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` The Army has many standards that Soldiers must meet. Maintaining your barracks room to Army standards is a responsibility every Soldier must adhere to. It is extremely important to maintain the healthiness and cleanliness of ones room Maintaining your barracks room is a very easy task to do. It does not take much to put your dirty clothes in a hamper or to make your bed or even dust. All of those tasks are very simple to do. By not maintaining my room I put myself,room mate, and anyone else at a greater risk of getting sick. Unsanitary conditions in the barracks room is disgusting. Through frequent contact throughout the day with the other soldiers that one soldier could be if he, or she becomes sick, could possibly cause other …show more content…
Plus if a soldier decides to disobey a lawful order while working with heavy machinery and injures or kills a fellow soldier they could be subject to Articles 119 and 134 of the Universal Code of Military Justice. Article 119 reads as follows: 919. ART. 119. MANSLAUGHTER (a) Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being--(1) by culpable negligence; or (2) while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title (article 118), directly affecting the person;is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Article 119(b) is very clear in stating that “any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being- -(1)by culpable negligence” and it also states that whoever does so “is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct”. Thus if a soldier is disobeying a direct order and is negligent