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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-02-2023, 08:55 PM

When I was in the military, alcohol was cheap and available on base in E-Clubs, NCO Clubs and officers' clubs for off-duty personnel, Base package stores sold whole quarts of whiskey, rum and other liquors for $4 a quart. Drinking was an accepted form of social release. The service relied on the individual to set his own limits. I found my own tolerances before I made L/Cpl. Many of my comrades did not. If you got caught and acted out while intemporate, the MPs came down on you like a ton of bricks, but a lot of us were wily by then.
Once they hit the civilian world, a lot of guys had a high tolerance, or a habit of getting drunk.

06-02-2023, 08:55 PM	#16
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,136	Re: Memorial Day When I was in the military, alcohol was cheap and available on base in E-Clubs, NCO Clubs and officers' clubs for off-duty personnel, Base package stores sold whole quarts of whiskey, rum and other liquors for $4 a quart. Drinking was an accepted form of social release. The service relied on the individual to set his own limits. I found my own tolerances before I made L/Cpl. Many of my comrades did not. If you got caught and acted out while intemporate, the MPs came down on you like a ton of bricks, but a lot of us were wily by then. Once they hit the civilian world, a lot of guys had a high tolerance, or a habit of getting drunk. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.