Posted on Mar 21, 2021
This is what happened when the Navy banned alcohol on its ships - We Are The Mighty
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On July 1, 1914, infamous buzzkill and then-Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels implemented General Order No. 99: “The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of this order.”
This is what happened when the Navy banned alcohol on its ships - We Are The Mighty
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Posted 3 y ago
Ugly times. I bet re-enlistment rates dropped along with morale.
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President Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo (himself a WWII-era Navy veteran) changed the rules to allow the sailors two beers a day to sailors at sea for 45 days or more.
No wonder I went Air Force! LMAO
No wonder I went Air Force! LMAO
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