Comments on: Daily News Headlines: Should members of the military be allowed to drink at 18? http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2011/04/04/daily-news-headlines-should-members-of-the-military-be-allowed-to-drink-at-18/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rock Throwing Peasant http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2011/04/04/daily-news-headlines-should-members-of-the-military-be-allowed-to-drink-at-18/#comment-989 Rock Throwing Peasant Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:56:30 +0000 http://blog.billofrightsinstitute.org/?p=1028#comment-989 I know this is an older topic, but I thought I'd comment. WHen I was in, Ft Huachuca had the drinking age on base as 18. The reason being to keep younger soldiers on base and not in Mexico. Let them drink where we can watch and better control it, so to speak. A similar policy may not be a bad idea. Off base, the drinking age is 21. On base, it's 18. I know this is an older topic, but I thought I’d comment. WHen I was in, Ft Huachuca had the drinking age on base as 18. The reason being to keep younger soldiers on base and not in Mexico.

Let them drink where we can watch and better control it, so to speak. A similar policy may not be a bad idea. Off base, the drinking age is 21. On base, it’s 18.

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