I dont wana start any disputes i just want the views of other people on united states soldiers under the age of 21 drinking. I enlisted at age 17 and am currently 20 and feel more mature then most guys my age. i know the drinking law is age 21 but what do yo guys think should under age soldiers be allowed to drink?

 

I think if you're old enough to die for your country then you should be allowed to drink too. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

Thats all im looking for is peoples opinion on the matter

 

I agree; if you're old enough to fight for your country, you ought to be able to get drunk.

I saw an airport bartender lay into a soldier who tried to buy a beer. After the soldier left, I asked what that was all about. The bartender went on about how the "punk" could have cost him his job and the bar it's license.

My response was that "punk" was willing to fight and die for all of us, and yeah, you couldn't sell him a beer, but he still deserves our respect and our thanks. I suggested he owed the soldier an apology.

TWAT

 

You'd think, logically, that a country would just debate what the age of consent should be, come to a consensus agreement (it will never be unanimous) and then just have the ONE age of consent. You're old enough to drink, shag, vote, post nude pics of yourself, go and join the army, drive a car, get a loan ... or you're not.

In England, you can have sex with me at the age of 16 but if you send me a nude photo of yourself at 16 I will go to prison. You can't drink or vote until 18, but you can learn to drive and join the army at 17 ... you can't stand for Parliament until 21.

 

I still find it quite a giggle when I am reminded of the USA's bizarre drinking laws, along with the age of consent which appears to vary from state to state, but do not allow folk to drink until 21.

Over here the age of consent (for sexual activity) is 16, and the age of majority is 18, when one can vote, drink and generally be a regular citizen.

There are still some dichotomies - one can join the army at 16, but still be ineligible to vote or drink, although the age for same-sex relationships has recently been synchronised.


I am very much of the opinion that if a young person is prepared to put their life on the line, and enter into a war-zone, then we should afford them all the rights of an adult - I am grateful for the sterling work done by our armed services all over the world.

 

Or conversely - though I'm not disagreeing with you - if we don't consider you an adult until you reach 18, we should not expect nor allow you to risk your life for our country. It certainly should be one or the other.

 

If you are expected to kill or be killed, any restrictions of any kind from the government is the stupidest shit i have ever seen. Of course I do not agree with 99% of government actions and laws

 

!Shooter gets an epiphany!

Who would have guessed!

 

I thank you all for your input i recently got a minor for drinking after i returned from afghanistan and i wasnt even of legal limit i had had one beer in memory of three soldiers we lost. qlthough the army isnt that upset of the deal that is now on my record and holding.me back in life.

 

That is just a taste of what kind of shit your government will do to you for their benefit

 

I think that as long as you stay on the base, you should be allowed to drink on your time off. Outside of the base,local laws take effect.

When I was in the service overseas, there was no minimum age.

 

Any soldier.....willing to serve his country and risk his life.......should be able to drink whatever the fuck he wants. Be it milk or bourbon.

 

Well some remarkable consensus, from Posters who normally can't seem to agree whether it is day or night.

I agree, old enough to serve, old enough to drink.

 

Australia

In Australia you are allowed to drink at 16yrs of age if you are at your own place and have parent suppervision. Then at 18yrs of age you can drinkas much as you like at night clubs pubs ect.

 

My man, I'd have a beer with you any day. If you're willing to die for this country, you should get the first beer. And I'll raise a glass to your fallen friends.

 

Thanks hunter for your support cause when i say buddies 1 was my best friend since we were kids and the other was my older brother i now wear their initials on my arm so thank you

 

i was 19 when i enlisted
i was 36 when i retired 2 years ago
at 19 i was in a bar in san diego drinking and a cop asked for my IDi gave him my military ID and he paid for my next drink

if you are old enough to serve you are old enough to drink

 

In Canada the drinking age is 19. In some countries the drinking age is "old enough to see over the bar." The primary reason that we have a restriction at the age of 21 is to prevent or at least reduce traffic fatalities related to alcohol among young people. Traffic deaths are the leading cause of death in people under the age of 25 and the majority of those deaths involve alcohol.

That said, I consider it to be a matter of natural selection and would be perfectly willing to see the drinking age lowered to 16 or 18. Anyone dumb enough to consume alcohol and then either operate a motor vehicle or enter a vehicle driven by someone who has been consuming alcohol is probably not somebody that we really need to have splashing around in the gene pool.

 

tim in some states its 18 to drink in a bar but 21 to buy
in texas a parent can give their child alchohol after age 15 without much worry as long as they dont let them get drunk or become endangered
here its a tradition to take a kid for their first hunt and give them a rifle usualy by age 15
to celebrate that feat the father and child bond over a beer or a shot
my 9 year old alredy has her first buck and i keep her rifle in my safe
but ill wait till i teach her to drive to let her drink a beer