Posted on Jul 13, 2015
Should Alcohol be served on deployments regardless of where the deployment is?
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When I was in Iraq, I had to go down to Talil AFB. I saw the Italian Army was there and having worked with them for three years decided to go to their PX. I went over there and low and behold their PX was 80 percent alcohol. Here we were in a so called Muslim country, we were forbidden from having any but our allies could have what they wanted. So do you think this is something we should continue doing or should we work on our morale and keep the drinking on base?
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CW3 Kevin Storm I'm going to be the bad guy here - It is what it is! Unfortunately I'm glad as a former Commander down range that we have GO1 in place. I gave up alcohol completely back in 2011 when my second wife crashed her motorcycle and ended up in Intensive Care for (10) days and 76 staples in her head later. By the way she was a confirmed alcoholic, so I guess I'm really against the alcohol thing altogether. When I was on active duty some soldiers stole the Brigade Commander's jeep on Fort Ord and went joy riding after a stand down in the field with beer, resulting in a completely destroyed jeep and all of us standing in our underwear getting checked scrapes and bruises. Then I left active duty and went into the National Guard and got chewed out by a Captain because I didn't have his beer on ice out on a filed exercise (I was shocked) as an NCO. I didn't mind having a drink when off duty just like any soldier, but I was glad the GO1 was in place and I hope it stays there. It's one less thing you have to worry about as a Commander. There are always going to be those soldiers that can't hold their beer or liquor and those that turn into the toughest guy on the planet, and those that want to do something crazy and stupid. Don’t' get me wrong the majority of our young men and women would do just fine, but like I said I think its good to have in place and keeps everyone focused for 12 months or 8 months (however long the boots are on the ground now). Many will disagree and say that I have some very good reasons for not wanting it, but that is just my opinion as a former leader. I've seen a lot of young soldiers admitted to rehab for alcohol abuse, as well as drugs.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SGT Jinger Jarrett I just feel its bad during any conflict or war (in the combat zone), during peacetime is another story - those are just my personal feelings
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SGT Jinger Jarrett Hey, no worrries its all good. That's the nice thing about RP everyone is definitely entitled to their opinions and can really express them openly. Have a great day!
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There are better places than a (combat) deployment to find out someone in the unit abuses alcohol.
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MSG Giovani DeJesus
Ignorant and immature adults have taken the fun out of a lot of things that we do, are you as an officer willing to take responsibility of an incident that was caused because you allowed alcohol while deployed? I doubt it, your career is worth more than an immature Soldier not being able to handle his drinking or some way abusing it.
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In a controlled environment I see no reason a beer or two would be a problem. People will say some will find a way to abuse it. Well, people already get it while they are deployed right now. So establish some controls and keep it safe.
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