Im old enough to go to war..!! but i aint old enough to drink...????

Answer 1

I love this question, I was back from my tour in Vietnam a lifetime ago, went to my favorite restaurant for a burger and fries, tried to order a cold beer and I got turned down. Hey, the hamburger tasted just as good as I dreamed for 13 months and I found the beer across the street in a small 3.2 tavern that became a life long favorite. It did suck though at the time.

Answer 2

This is a repeat Question but I still feel the same about it.
Personally I think if we define 18 as the age of majority, then an 18 year-old should have all rights, privileges, and responsibilities of any adult. I think it is ridiculous that a person can be prosecuted as an adult for the crime of being a minor in possession of alcohol. Whether or not a person is in the military, at the age of 18 they are considered an adult, and accountable for their action under the law. It is silly to say that 18 year-olds are responsible enough to sign contracts, vote, join the military, be charged as adults in criminal court, but are not responsible enough to consume alcohol. Either adulthood begins at 18 or it doesn't. If law makers want to change the drinking age they should be forced to change the voting age and the age of majority as well. I doubt very many people would support such legislation.

As it stands now, service members must obey the laws of whatever country they are in. Which means in countries without a drinking age they can drink if they want to. Unless their CO changes that condition.

Answer 3

actually, you are not old enough to purchase alcohol......every state has the right to determine at what age people are allowed to actually consume alcohol.

Financial incentives create de facto federal purchase age of 21. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 states that revenue will be withheld from states that allow the purchase of alcohol to anyone under the age of 21. Some states do not allow those under the legal drinking age to be present in liquor stores or in bars (usually, the difference between a bar and a restaurant is whether food is being served). Contrary to popular belief, since National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, few states specifically prohibit minors' consumption of alcohol in private settings (an exception includes Connecticut). In some cases or states, alcohol permits can be purchased at a cost to the parent or legal guardian. New York permits those under twenty-one to drink in restaurants provided that they are with a parent or guardian, the alcohol is poured (if applicable) by the parent or guardian, the parent or guardian hands the drink to the minor person, and the minor person is not seated at the bar. As of 2006, 20 states do not specifically ban underage consumption and an additional 15 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage consumption laws. [5]
Federal law explicitly provides for religious, medical, employment and private club possession exceptions; as of 2005, 31 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage possession laws. [6]
Underage purchase of alcohol, though illegal in all fifty states, is not a federal offense, although restrictions on highway funding for states that allow it make it illegal federally de facto. See Underage drinking in the United States. Additionally, exceptions are such as on certain military installations such as Fort Bliss, Texas. On Fort Bliss, the Commanding General lowered the age to 18 to subside the number of soldiers traveling to nearby Juarez, Mexico to drink legally there.

Answer 4

Yeah yeah yeah.....I heard the same crap 30 years ago.Look at it this way.If you are under 21 and in the military you are 'supervised' as they take you to war.You are not given your equipment and told to run amok.
Young drinkers are,for the most part,stupid, and lack the discipline that drinking alcohol entails.A quick bit of research will show that youngsters that drink have more vehicle accidents,less education,tend to be social "binge" drunks and are more likely than not to engage in other anti-social behaviors. One may be military but that is not a qualifier for alcohol consumption while stateside...the law is in place to protect all from teeny boppers that cannot judge maturely
that their actions may be negatively impaired. I personally think the age to drink ought to be 25,until that occurs we will continue to have youngsters wiping out innocent people with their irresponsible actions.

Answer 5

Give it a name.

I joined the USAF when I was 17. I got a Letter of Reprimand for drinking at an Air Force club after a detail I did for a wedding when I was 20. I was NOT on duty, no one else, except another airman who was 20, was reprimanded for drinking after the detail, just the two of us.

Answer 6

Funny a military base near Mexico Texas border is the only place an18 year old can drink legally, they had to do it because the soldiers where going to Mexico and getting too drunk and in trouble, so now its legal for them to drink on base.

Answer 7

So what's your point ? Do you mean to say that you can't find a beer as easy as you can get a gun ? I'll bet you've had a drink or two but used being under age as a reason not to fight.

Answer 8

That's because you are so young that if you enlisted and then were allowed to drink, you would probably do something very immature and get injured with a shooty or bayonettey thing...

Answer 9

yeah aint that something

Answer 10

sucks don't it?? I turned 21 in May :oP