If they can risk their life for their country then why cant they drink in their country?
2006-12-27 17:32:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They cannot drink on base unless they are stationed overseas (Germany, Italy, Japan...not stateside) if they are under 21. I think its a crock....if you can go to war, you should be able to have a beer or 2!!!!
2006-12-28 02:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can not legally drink on base if you are under 21. But it hasn't stopped most kids from drinking that are not soldiers.
The only time a soldier is legally able to drink before they are 21 is if they are posted somewhere that the legal drinking age is younger like S. Korea.
Back in the dark ages the legal drinking age was 18. It was changed back to 21, because the incident of fatal car accidents involving teenagers increased dramatically. Most 18 year olds do not have the maturity to know their limits. That doesn't mean there are not plenty of them out there drinking as we speak.
2006-12-28 01:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by j.m.glass 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This might come as a shock to you, but the drinking age is a function of state government. There's no federal drinking age. If New York, Massachusetts or some other liberal state wanted to let active duty military in the state drink at age 18 they could pass that law today and have in go into effect tomorrow.
2006-12-28 08:30:26 · answer #3 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have always asked that question too!!! Mostly I think the reason they have raised the age of legal drinking age is the responsibility of not driving drunk and killing themselves. There are less accidents now than there was when drinking age was legal at age 18. Also with drinking age being 21 they are less likely to buy alcohol for minors. Oh yes it does happen, I work at a mini mart and I know that some of the beer bought has to be going to minors but I don't think as much if drinking age was younger.
2006-12-28 01:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was not always like this. Sometime for several years during the Eighties/Nineties when the minimum drinking age went up from 18 to 21 to combat drunk driving in many states, there was a strange transition for those who could legally drink one moment, and then were suddenly too young the next!
2006-12-28 01:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by Middy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I always wondered. I was disabled out at 19 in 1972, and found out the hard way back in the world a 21 year old clerk in a package store who had never been out of the country, could ask for ID and refuse to sell me a six pack of beer. Go figure. I guess he was more mature or something.
2006-12-28 02:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by Marc h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working at 18 is not bad to the health but drinking liquor is bad and worse for age 21 and below. Thus, military service starts at 18 while drinking liquor starts at 21.
2006-12-28 02:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the Military they have guns to kill people and while at war they are given the order to kill people. When you give an 18 year old kid a right to drink that is just giving them the order to kill when they go out and drive drunk. Don't get me wrong anyone can go out and kill someone while being drunk and driving but just think letting a kid that thinks he owns the world the right to drink its all bad
2006-12-28 03:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by cuddydman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go at 17 and there is legislature trying to change the drinking age for active duty soldiers
2006-12-28 03:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by one10soldier 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can drink on base.
And besides, do you think these things are related. Kids have been using this as a reason to change the law for years. Face it, kids can get into a lot of trouble and alcohol just makes it easier.
So Britt, you can drink after you enlist, when are you going?
2006-12-28 01:42:07 · answer #10 · answered by starting over 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋