Quote Originally Posted by GGT View Post
It's an abstract concept...but seems to me American Prohibition is still working its way out in the 21st century. Rather crazy that 18 year olds can serve in military armed forces, but can't legally buy/drink booze. We can't decide what "adulthood" means, or at which age it's a given?

I don't know about anyone else, but I wouldn't trust a soldier who hasn't had the opportunity to get stinking drunk, make bad drunken decisions, and face the consequences...before they joined the military. Seems dangerous to have them learn that on-the-job.
True, you probably shouldn't have Muslim or otherwise religious teetotallers in your armed forces