Posted on Jul 17, 2022
Beer in the barracks? Army says ‘maybe’
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Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Quitugua Jr. of the Army Chemical Corps at Fort Leavenworth said during a three-day conference with the Army’s top enlisted leaders the first week of July that he thinks giving soldiers more agency in the barracks will allow them to develop better drinking habits.
“Soldiers are saying, ‘Because I know I can only keep this amount of alcohol in my barracks, when I’m at the bar I will drink as much as I can as fast as I can because I can’t continue to drink at my barracks because you just don’t want me to have enough in there,’” he said.
“Soldiers are saying, ‘Because I know I can only keep this amount of alcohol in my barracks, when I’m at the bar I will drink as much as I can as fast as I can because I can’t continue to drink at my barracks because you just don’t want me to have enough in there,’” he said.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
I didn't limit alcohol in the barracks but I was hard over on the troops self monitoring...no drunken brawls, no damage to the property and absolutely, no one allowed to drive under the influence. For the most part, they obeyed the rules...we had some testing and some article 15 response from me but once everyone figured out I was serious, they monitored everyone's behavior.
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MAJ Roland McDonald
As a battery and company commander in germany in the 80's where the drinking age in germany was 16. My solution was when one of my troops was brought to the MP's we executed the recall roster of the platoon they were in and marched them to the detention center in mass. Only had to do this twice for each command before the troops started to take care of their own while out drinking together. I believe the drinking age should be lowered back to 18. Prior to it being raised, we had less issues in college and elsewhere as the underage drinking was done in high school and most parents took corrective actions. I was in the year group the was in the states that increased the drinking age based on the year you were born. My year group was the last one drinking at 18, then 19, and 20 and 21. The year group after me chased the drinking age and we saw while in college higher instances of underage drinking in those follow on year groups.my parents told me and my brother when I was 14 and he was 16. If we wanted to drink alcohol that we could do it at home. We got up and made ourselves a drink and they didnt flinch. Took all the fun out it. Did that for my kids and they showed restraint in college and after. But then not sure if enough parents today are that involved in parenting their kids. Thanks for the thought provoking share MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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I can predict what will happen, but perhaps our new generation has more self control than I’ve seen exhibited in past decades.
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MSG Greg Kelly
You have a lot of faith in a generation that cannot even go without cell phones or social media. I hope your right I think it's a really bad idea.
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bad move! I hate to say I see fights, and many discipline issues there. I do not know if females are in the same barracks now but if so, I see an increase in sexual assault.
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MSG Greg Kelly
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - drinking is one thing but I have never seen a n Infantry soldier that did not did not drink to excess and beyond.
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