An Analysis Of The Social Impact Resulting From The Absence Of Married Quarters In The Namibian Defence Force

ABSTRACT

The study suggests an analyses/investigation on the problem of the social impact arising from the absence of married quarters affecting married soldiers in the Namibian Defence Force. A case of the Namibian Defence Force has been used. Findings in most literature led to mobility as a major cause of social impact affecting married soldiers’ social life in Namibian Defence Force. This study has probed the married and single soldiers’ (male and female) interest in married quarters. The research question is: What are social impacts resulting from the absence of married quarters in the Namibian Defence Force having on married soldiers and their families? The study pursued the main objective of investigating the relationship of personal interests and married quarters’ demand in the Namibian Defence Force. The opinion is widespread than an absence of married quarters contributes to frustration, separation, alcohol abuse and contracting of HIV/AIDS and other related diseases. The significance of the study is that findings and recommendations may provide new and insight full information about the social impact resulting from the absence of married quarters in the Namibian Defence Force. It was suggested that the social impact affecting married soldiers arising from the absence of married quarters are widespread in the Namibian Defence Force according to soldiers and separately by commanders. These phenomena could only be realized if the Ministry of Defence/the Namibian Defence Force commissions a study to assess the cost of a step-wise implementation of married-quarter policy in the Namibian Defence Force.