Comments on: Where Everybody Knows Your Name…and your rank…and your serial number http://donklephant.com/2005/06/10/where-everybody-knows-your-nameand-your-rank-and-your-serial-number/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2005/06/10/where-everybody-knows-your-nameand-your-rank-and-your-serial-number/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Joshua Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:26:33 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=35#comment-701 As far as I know, the armed forces have not made their drinking age part of their recruitment pitch. (It certainly isn't mentioned in any of their TV ads.) And this proposal is coming from a Wisconsin state legislator, not a U.S. congressman or military official. So, I don't see any appearance of the U.S. government using alcohol as an incentive to join the military. Actually, considering that the 21-year drinking age came about as the result of a federal mandate, it's a little surprising that no effort was ever apparently made to extend it to the armed forces. As far as I know, the armed forces have not made their drinking age part of their recruitment pitch. (It certainly isn’t mentioned in any of their TV ads.) And this proposal is coming from a Wisconsin state legislator, not a U.S. congressman or military official. So, I don’t see any appearance of the U.S. government using alcohol as an incentive to join the military.

Actually, considering that the 21-year drinking age came about as the result of a federal mandate, it’s a little surprising that no effort was ever apparently made to extend it to the armed forces.

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