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More evidence that my Navy was different than today's Navy.
I served in the Navy from 1983-1988. They allowed the sale of 3.2 beer on base to 18 year old squids, because GLNTC was within short distance from Wisconsin where the drinking age was 18 yrs old. Same thing in San Diego where 32nd street Naval base was a trolley ride from being in Tijuana, Mexico. It's no longer true at GLNTC because Wisconsin raised it's age to 21 (the bastids).
It's still a DOD rule, but the Navy decided to regulate the age to 21 years old at every base, regardless of how close it is to a legal state/country. What kind of freakin' stupidity is that? The original rule was an attempt to keep sailors/marines onbase drinking watered down beer on their off time instead of travelling mules away to get a drink, and then come home via car after becoming drunk.
You could (and still can) walk outside the base, catch a trolley to the Mexican border and shortly be in a Tijuana bar getting hammered at 18 yrs old. Of course in TJ you can get as debauched as you want to get. Legal steroids, prostitutes and street vendors selling fish tacos (most dangerous thing in TJ). But seriously, if raising the age to 21 years old base is for Sailor/Marine safety, how safe is it for 18 yr old sailors getting drunk in a foreign town where they will be taken advantage of while drunk? Tell us @Merlin ! I went to Tijuana a few time below 21 years old, but it would have been a much more frequent thing under these regulations.
I served in the Navy from 1983-1988. They allowed the sale of 3.2 beer on base to 18 year old squids, because GLNTC was within short distance from Wisconsin where the drinking age was 18 yrs old. Same thing in San Diego where 32nd street Naval base was a trolley ride from being in Tijuana, Mexico. It's no longer true at GLNTC because Wisconsin raised it's age to 21 (the bastids).
It's still a DOD rule, but the Navy decided to regulate the age to 21 years old at every base, regardless of how close it is to a legal state/country. What kind of freakin' stupidity is that? The original rule was an attempt to keep sailors/marines onbase drinking watered down beer on their off time instead of travelling mules away to get a drink, and then come home via car after becoming drunk.
You could (and still can) walk outside the base, catch a trolley to the Mexican border and shortly be in a Tijuana bar getting hammered at 18 yrs old. Of course in TJ you can get as debauched as you want to get. Legal steroids, prostitutes and street vendors selling fish tacos (most dangerous thing in TJ). But seriously, if raising the age to 21 years old base is for Sailor/Marine safety, how safe is it for 18 yr old sailors getting drunk in a foreign town where they will be taken advantage of while drunk? Tell us @Merlin ! I went to Tijuana a few time below 21 years old, but it would have been a much more frequent thing under these regulations.
