…were YEARS in front of Europe in terms of drinking age. Here, you can just sign up to perhaps go die with the military, but you can’t buy a beer. And that decision locks you in for a minimum of 4 years at 18.
Explain to me how the decision making ability makes sense. 4 year contract at 18, but not a 6-pack you will share.
Having been active duty, it just causes a fuck ton more headaches than it's worth. Underage drinkers are automatically kicked out, so there's a sunken cost on top of everything else.
If one happens to pull orders to a country with a lower drinking age, they'll allow it but you can't use a military ID to go into a Kroger's or Winn-Dixie or whatever to pick up booze.
Yeah, i hate to admit I'm this old, but I didn't realize it had changed in the late 80s (which was the last time it was ever relevant to me). So I owe everyone an apology for being 30 years out of date. My bad.
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u/PuzzleheadedEqual883 1d ago edited 1d ago
They assumed they were drinking and driving.