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2003-09-06 Europe

German Brewery Donates Beer To American Soldiers

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-09-06 10:48|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Legal drinking age is 21." Well, sorta kinda... It's a long time since I was in, but on-base Enlisted and NCO clubs could serve beer to 18-year-olds.

Posted by John Anderson 2003-9-6 12:37:55 PM|| 2003-9-6 12:37:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Back in '72, as long as you had military ID, cops in Oklahoma didn't mess with you if you were drinking. How times have changed.

Posted by badanov 2003-9-6 12:56:44 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2003-9-6 12:56:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Sorry, son, that beer is too dangerous for you. Here, take this M-16 instead."

Posted by Dar 2003-9-6 1:41:20 PM|| [http://users.stargate.net/~dsteckel/] 2003-9-6 1:41:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The green active duty card ceased to be a free pass for underage drinking during the Clinton years. Must have changed a law related to "inter-state commerce" and threatened to without highway funds.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-6 2:00:53 PM|| 2003-9-6 2:00:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually Reagan scaled back the use of booze by the military. It made the base the same drinking age as the state. Not everybody thought this was a good idea. When I was on temporary duty to George AFB CA a Captain bought me all the beer I needed. I was 20 at the time. They really started to crack down on DUI/DWI and such about the mid-late 80s. About the same time the locals started to get tough. I never liked the rule but I never 'directly' provided beer to any minor in uniform.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-6 4:17:56 PM|| 2003-9-6 4:17:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Next time I go shopping at the local imported adult beverage shop, I'm gonna look for some Spaten products.

Posted by Mike 2003-9-6 7:35:59 PM|| 2003-9-6 7:35:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Never liked the "old enough to die but not old enough for a frosty one" mentality. Still there are probably many fewer closed casket funerals of young privates. airmen and sailors.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-6 7:58:31 PM|| 2003-9-6 7:58:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 In Bavaria beer is not classified as an alcoholic beverage but as a "basic food"!

Enjoy your "Oktoberfest" in Iraq!

Posted by True German Ally 2003-9-6 9:30:04 PM|| 2003-9-6 9:30:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yep,if I' old enough to die for my country I'm old enough to have a beer.When I was in the Army EM clubs served 3.2 beer(bloated before loaded). In Korea I could get all the booze I wanted in the vill.
OB beer ok.
Jin Roe taste like rubbing alcohol,poor off first 1" or you ight go blind.
Machali(barley wine)look like mud,tasted terrible.But a couple of tea pots and you had a nice buzz going.

Posted by raptor 2003-9-7 8:20:55 AM|| 2003-9-7 8:20:55 AM|| Front Page Top

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