Is it true you can drink on base underage.?

Question

Is it true you can drink on base underage.?

Answer 1

No, there was a time when it would be allowed at clubs on base, but the legal drinking age is 21 and so you cannot. The only place it might be an exception is if you are at an overseas base where the drinking age is lower and the command allows those rules to be in the on base clubs, normally they do not though.

Answer 2

nope. I was stationed in Ft. Campbell before and you have to be 21 to drink. but it doesn't mean that it never happens. In germany and korea you will have more chances on drinking before you're 21, but it doesn't mean that the rule doesn't apply, it's just the matter of is it being enforced.

The local law in germany is that you can drink beer at 14 and liquor at 16. the military is more lenient overseas but it doesn't mean that the rules in the states don't apply.

Answer 3

No, it is not true. Each base follows the local and federal laws carefully. Now, overseas, they follow the local laws... for instance, Japan's drinking age is 20, so they drink at 20 there.

Answer 4

Only if the Base Commander makes it a such rule. He/She decides the rules



I joined at 17, went to Germany. As long as I had my military ID, I could drink. No one checked to see if I was 18...



Nearly all bases in the U.S. follow Government law of 21, but the commnader can change it on base. I've only seen it done once, then we had a change of command and it went back to 21. Didn't matter because I came back to the states at age 21.



One thing I did hate was stateside I had a roommate that was 18. Therefore, because he was under age, I couldn't have alcohol in my room

Answer 5

umm no, if you like being a free person it is not

Answer 6

It's not true, but people still do it. Depending on where you are and who's in charge, drinking underage may be dealt with very severely or it could be the opposite. But regardless of how authorities deal with people who break the rules or how easy it is to not get caught, it is still illegal. Even overseas, the age limit is still 21, because US Army Soldiers are under US laws. There was this news article where they were trying to decide whether a certain soldier should be trialed under US law or Iraqi law, and his commanding officer insisted that he is under US law as long as he is on duty (this isn't a case involving drinking, however, but still establishes a statute). Whoever told you it is legal is either uninformed or does not abide by the rules.



Edit: I can understand that if you are off-duty overseas, you observe local laws. But if local laws allow you to drink legally, then it's not technically drinking "underage" is it?

Answer 7

Nope,



Military bases and post follow the local drinking age laws.



Which means if your based in the US, the drinking age is 21.



But if your based overseas, the drinking age can be as low as 18.

Answer 8

No

Answer 9

no it is not. the on base drinking age is 21 Stateside. OCONUS they have the option to either stick with 21 or abide by local national law. Most have opted to go with the more restrictive of the two.

Answer 10

No, it is NOT. You can NOT drink underage while on base or post. In fact you will get into MORE trouble for doing so.



If you only knew the number of middle of the night phone calls we've gotten over the years with the words..... "Come pick your Soldier up from the MP's/police/jail because they where drinking in the barracks/bar/club/housing area/wherever and aren't old enough" Or my favorite .. Staff Duty calls and says "Please Go get your Soldier from the county Jail. They where picked up driving drunk down XXX street 3 times over the legal limit... btw they are only 19 so you know the drill" Which means.... plan on bringing them before the BN Commander in the morning to explain why your Soldier was out acting like an idiot. And instead of just having to explain it to the CSM (if they where over 21 and LEGAL age to drink) you now have to explain it to him AND the BN Commander OH JOYOUS FUN! NOT !!!!



If the states legal age is 21 then the pose/base legal age is 21. You can NOT "get around" or ignore that because you are on base/post. You try to and you WILL find yourself in one world of trouble. Oh and BTW get caught drinking and drinking on post/base and plan on walking your butt everywhere on that base for the next YEAR you are stationed there. Because you WILL loose your driving privileges along with other punishments (like massive fines and possible jail time)



ETA2: Matthew I hate to burst your bubble but that is no longer true. We got here in March 08 so he could go to school and then actually reported here in Auguest and at that point the legal age was 21 (it had changed over as of Jan 08) Also Jaurez has been OFF limits to Military personnel for OVER a year now and is still in effect and will be until further notice so what goes on there doesn't effect the installation.

Answer 11

No. You must be 21 years of age in the United States and on any United States Army Base over seas. If you are in another country you can drink if the local law allows if you're off duty.



EDIT: I'll say again, because of the people in here who have no idea what they're talking about. If you are on any US Army base anywhere the legal drinking age is the federally mandated drinking age in the US, 21. Off base, overseas, you can drink at whatever age the local law allows, end of story.



The exception to this is the USMC who lowered the drinking age to 20 in Japan and on special occasions to 18. I'm pretty sure you asked about the army though.

Answer 12

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Answer 13

At Fort Bliss you only have to be 18, this is due to the fact that Juarez, Mexico is 5 minutes away and soldiers were getting in trouble in Mexico. This may have changed more recently, but I know this was going on up to a year ago.

Answer 14

The USMC will let you if your CO says it's ok but thats the only one to the best of my knowledge

Answer 15

Yes it is.

My boyfriend is a Marine and currently going to school on an Army base, his fellow Marines and some of the Soldiers go out and drink and all of them are underage.