Drinking While Off Duty In Military

Drinking while off duty in military?

Yes, you are liable for drug testing (urinalysis) at any time. That does not include testing for alcohol.

When you are on a day off, you are considered to be on a pass. If you are of legal age, and local directives do not forbid it, you can drink alcohol while on pass because alcohol is a legal drug.

Here are some ways that you can get in trouble for drinking alcohol: Getting drunk and getting a DUI, getting into a fight, or drinking so much that you are still impaired when you show up for your next duty day. In those instances, you WILL be tested for blood alcohol content because you are breaking several laws and articles of the UCMJ.

Drinking While Off-Duty?

If it was an unannounced recall, you got no problem. But if you were on alert status then you are f'ed. Was stationed at Osan AB in Korea and got recalled a few times while I was a wee bit tipsy, nothing came of it. They just want to make sure we can be contacted and show up at all times.

Is the Drinking age 18 if your in the Military on base and not 21?

currently the drinking age is 21 if you are stationed in the United States. I did see where someone was trying to introduce a bill to drop the drinking age to 18 ON POST, meaning someone who is 18 and living on base can legally drink at the club - but i wouldn't look for that to make it to the president's desk any time soon. there are some inherent problems aith that, namely, how would you handle sales at the Class 6, or shopettes? in theory, if you are 18, since these 'stores' are on base, you should be able to buy it. but, they would have no control if you then took it off base to a party - where you would NOT be legal to drink it, or if you live on-base, etc. so that is an area that if such a bill DOES make it to debate that would have to be addressed.

now as for overseas, i think there is a gray area. technically, the drinking age is the same age as that of the host country. some installation commanders will be ***** about it and say "21 on base", but when it is 18 off base, all the troops will just go downtown, so that kind of policy isn't really feasible.

in England, the drinking age was 18 (same as Germany and France), and even then it wasn't widely enforced. If you looked 18, acted 18, it wasn't gnerally questioned. at least it wasn't when i was there. the penalties for DUI were very stiff though, and from what i remember, it wasn't that much of a problem. maybe it was in part due to it not being 'taboo' to drink at 18, and part of the fear of spending am inimum of $2000 in fines and a weekend in jail on the first offense... either way, that was the way it worked out.

i couldn't help but feel a "if i am old enough to die for my country, but not old enough to drink" arguments in your question. i get that. for the record, i think 18 year olds should be able to gamble, but i do like 21 for a drinking age. there have been enough statistics to show a higher level of DUI's in the 18-20 age group compared to any other age bracket. now is that in part because it is 'taboo'? don't know. but the 21 year age limit is not likely to change any time soon.

What is the policy on drinking alcohol in the military?

In the Russian Navy on nuclear ships the use of red wine to lessen the effects of radiation (the theory is that it makes membranes more permeable and the "free rad stuff" can be more easily " taken care of " by the immune system).

I would imagine a similar regimen is permissible in those other Russian military and civilian postings that require exposure to significant "hazard".

However, weak coffee is the preferred drink in the US Navy, despite the fact this can be shown to DECREASE membrane permeability, perhaps CAUSING inefficiencies and even death.

I cannot honestly recall what I was treated with after I was involved in the accident that led to my Navy Cross. I strongly suspect it was not a regimen of weak coffee. I believe it was cranberry juice, orange juice and the like (also solvents ~ but not solvents that like alcohol can cause other problems, like internal bleeding and etc.).

We aren't nuts you know.

Can cops drink and get drunk while off duty?

In the last episode of Blue Bloods this off duty cop got some heat from IA for stopping a corner store robbery. He didnt fire his weapon but his LT was being anal and ordered him to take a breathalyzer and be investigated

In real life this may not happen and his fellow cops would look the other way since no shots were fired & everything turned out ok. And maybe some cops might try to get him fire, who knows!. But the question is can an off duty cop drink or get drunk off duty? And lets say he can and is also responsible enough to take a cab home, must he watch on while a woman gets raped or some gets robbed? Or is the correct protocol to call it in and stay far from the scene since he is intoxicated?

Military off-duty attire while in public?

It depends upon which service you are in, and the standing orders of the Senior Officer in that region. In most of the services, you are not allowed to wear BDU's (Battle Dress Uniforms) off base, but again, it depends on the specific service and the standing orders.

Even your civilian attire is regulated by the military, and generally must not contain any offensive words or slogans that would bring undue attention to you or the service you are in, nor should your civilian attire, shall we say, reveal parts of your body that shouldn't be revealed in public. If you are deployed in the Navy (i.e., your ship is making a cruise of some sort), the SOPA (Senior Officer Present Afloat), usually the Battle Force Commander who is at minimum a Rear Admiral, can require certain changes to your civilian attire while you go on liberty overseas. For instance, he (or she) can require you to wear a collared shirt, no jeans, he can order you not to wear a specific item if it displays things that are offensive to the local population (like the Israeli flag on cruise jackets while visiting Alexandria, Egypt), etc. I'm speaking from firsthand experience about this.

If you are stationed overseas, you may be expressly prohibited from wearing your military uniform off-base for your own safety, especially if you are stationed in an area of the world where the terrorist threat is higher than normal. A U.S. Military person in uniform stands out like a cherry on a cream pie and is simply BEGGING a terrorist to kill them or kidnap them. You may be too young to remember the Navy diver who was killed (beaten to death) by Palestinian terrorists aboard a TWA plane because he concealed his military ID card from them. When they found it, they took great pleasure in torturing and killing him in front of the other passengers.

There are ALWAYS rules and regulations regarding how you wear your military uniform, ...they are called the United States Uniform Regulations, and they are the FINAL word on how you wear your uniform and cannot be superseded unless done so in writing.

When you get out, if you are discharged under honorable conditions, you may wear your uniform only in certain situations, and you would have to check the specific uniform regulations to see what they are.

Rules about Off Duty Uniform Wearing?

That depends a great deal.

Your utility uniform, or field uniform (ACUs, BDUs, Fatigues) is authorized anywhere on post. However, if you leave the post at the end of the work day, you are not supposed to engage in unnecessary activity before you change into civvies. You are allowed to stop at the store for a quart of milk on the way home. You are not allowed to stop at a bar and spend 6 hours drinking beer and playing pool.

Your dress uniform (Class A and Class B -- Green now, but soon to be replaced with Blues) is authorized anywhere off duty (AR670-1 Ch15 para4). You could, for example, stop at a bar and drink beer for six hours. Usually, it is used for travel or social functions, but it is authorized anytime off duty.

There is no requirement for any soldier to ever wear civvies. The Class A/B uniform can substitute for them on off-duty time. This dates back to WWII when, because of the headache of tracking 15.2 million soldiers, being out of uniform at any time could be considered attempted desertion.

However, there are other restrictions. In any uniform, you cannot engage in behavior that would dishonor the Army or bring disgrace upon the uniform. So you could drink beer as long as you behave yourself, but if you start putting dollar bills into the strippers g-string with your teeth while in Class A's, expect some trouble.

Finally, there are a few other restrictions. You cannot use your uniform for commercial enterprise. You cannot wear your uniform for political campaigning or events.

Should all military personnel be prohibited from drinking alchohol on and off duty?

Obviously no one should be drinking on or before duty, but America is a drinking society, any one who seriously pursued that would kill their own political career (people under 21 don't have much political sway, but military members and vets do). Its a big enough restriction that we aren't allowed to drink at all on long deployments (as most European militaries are).

This prohibitionist streak some people have here is ridiculous, I'm all for lowering the drinking age to 18 for military members (and everyone else in society, for that matter).