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WTF: Drinking Age Goes Up On Navy Bases On Guam
- Thread starter ea6bflyr
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I thought it was silly when I was under 21. I think it is even more silly now.
Hit the nail right on the head “controlled environment.” The “EM” clubs in my day were bartended by enlisted navy men seeking the extra money in a part time job. Everyone knew everyone, and they’d keep an eye on the men drinking. Good times then… not the politically correct navy of today. WTF!?! You got “plowed” you got a “for sure ride” back to your barracks. We all looked out for one another!
If you're old enough to fight and die, then in my book, you're old enough to have a drink.
Steve
The military keeps making the penalties for drinking more and more stiff while it sees alcohol-related problems continue to occur. Hmmm...
Gee, think you might have fewer problems if you just made the E-club 18+ to drink and servicemen could just walk/duty van back to the barracks? Crazy idea. Maybe you might have fewer sailors/Marines going to TJ and thrown in Mexican jails? Maybe you'd have fewer fights with civilians? Just a thought.
Gee, think you might have fewer problems if you just made the E-club 18+ to drink and servicemen could just walk/duty van back to the barracks? Crazy idea. Maybe you might have fewer sailors/Marines going to TJ and thrown in Mexican jails? Maybe you'd have fewer fights with civilians? Just a thought.
This reminds me of the parents of high schoolers that let their kids drink at home....the parents take the novelty of getting schloshed and make it not as novel and therefore less dangerous.
I don't totally buy into the argument that because you can join the military at 18 you should be able to drink. That being said, I agree that raising the age has not really solved all of the problems it was supposed to...I have seen a few write-ups that show that the opposite is true.
Yup.
You mean like it was 40+ years ago???
It seemed to work "better" (always a relative term) with less hand wringing on the part of the Command ... as we normally "policed" our OWN and cleaned up our own "messes" on a frequent and continuing basis. It made life easier on the Shore Patrol & MP's, too ...
Believe it.
well how about the argument that because you are an adult at 18 you should be able to drink?
BlackBearHockey
go blue...
FLYTPAY, +1, you've hit the nail on the head when you associate drinking with a novelty. I started playing hockey in Canada when I was 18, where the drinking age is 18. I compare the 18 year old Canadians with the 18 year old college freshman I see and there's no comparison in terms of responsible drinking and planning ahead. A lot of academic types think that's precisely why a drinking age should be lowered to 18.