2006-10-27 13:30:07 · 15 answers · asked by lilballababe16 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
That is just the way it is. Maybe you should forward this question to the Federal Government...
Good Luck!
2006-10-27 13:38:45 · answer #1 · answered by my_new_improved_id 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Marine Corps lowered the drinking age on some (maybe all) of its overseas duty station such as Okinawa to 20yrs. The army and the air force has been this way for awhile.. but being able to drink has caused alot of people ot get in trouble or even get killed or kill others. Drinking should not be a reason for joining.
2006-10-27 20:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by Muff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a better question: why can you get your driver's license at 16 (with very little training), and risk not only your own life, but the lives of hundreds of other people in your direct area as well, but you have to be 18 to enlist so you can risk your life somewhere else?
2006-10-28 04:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by spork02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be due to medical reasons and the effect of alcohol on the individual at the age of 18 compared to the age of 21 or due to responsible drinking age. Alternatively it could just be due to the religious voters and their pressure groups.
2006-10-27 21:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At age 18 in the army, you still have a "mommy" looking after you. They're big, ugly and wear three stripes, and they'll kick your *** if you break their rules, even more than your mother will if she catches you drinking. You're probably safer in the army.
2006-10-27 20:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The children we put on the front lines of war have been asking this for generations.
They are children and boys at home but bullet catchers and old enough to die for the military. It seems being a good bullet catcher would earn you some rights, wouldn't it?
AHHH ! The injustice of it all!
2006-10-27 20:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't expect the Federal govt to be logical. Just read and view the following:
Report: Halliburton unit exploited rules
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_contracts
SHHHHH! WE'RE GONNA ATTACK IRAN & HERE'S THE PLAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH_nwSasgI8&mode=related&search=
Look at what Republican controlled Congress has done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhxAjXT9ns&mode=related&search=
2006-10-27 20:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by Reston 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll go to war and drink at 18 just for the hell of it WOOT!
2006-10-27 20:49:02 · answer #8 · answered by monkey_c3po 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can join at 17. ok well answer this when your drinking are you doing something for your family, comunity, cuntry. no so that is it you not binifiting from drinking but you are if you are serving for the us
2006-10-28 02:16:56 · answer #9 · answered by Schock0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could it be your dumb enough to go get killed at 18 (17 I thought) but your not smart enough to drink until your 21?
2006-10-27 20:35:01 · answer #10 · answered by madjer21755 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋