The Power of the Japanese Marketplace

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

As seen recently in Misawa in response to the new curfew rules;

The second order effect of a leadership failure. Don't drink at a casual rate ... no ... there is an early cut-off time, slam 'em home quickly and in volume!

Group punishment like this only reinforces the opposite message we want to the host country. Group punishment says, "The problem is us, all of us." as opposed to the reality, "The problem is that we have some bad individuals who have taken it upon themselves to be criminals."

Well, I believe the problem is the fact that there are bad individuals doing bad things. Do the leadership in Japan think that there isn't a problem with individuals, but that the problem is American Sailors as a whole - all of us? That is how it reads from here. If so, we have much larger problems. 

Hat tip M.

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UPDATE: Looks like someone launched the ready JAG. Let' see, US citizens on US soil ... and ...

----- Original Message -----

From: [redacted] CAPT USN CTF76

To: [redacted]

Cc: [redacted]

Sent: Mon Dec 03 08:22:11 2012

Subject: C7F Liberty Direction

Skippers, Previous direction to enforce the C7F policy in Guam is rescinded. C7F will clarify guidance in a forthcoming message.

Thanks for your patience.

R/COS

CAPT [redacted] [redacted], USN N01, Chief of Staff

[redacted] DSN 315-622-[redacted] COMM 81-98-954-[redacted] CELL 080-1385-[redacted] SIPR [redacted].[redacted]@fe.navy.smil.mil