I believe it's still there overseas to match the drinking age in the host country.
It's less a matter of the military trying to be fair and more an issue of practicality: if the servicemen can simply go off base and legally drink anywhere they want, it will just clog the military legal system up with alcohol-related charges for something that would be legal for anyone other than the US servicemen.
I believe it's still there overseas to match the drinking age in the host country.
It's less a matter of the military trying to be fair and more an issue of practicality: if the servicemen can simply go off base and legally drink anywhere they want, it will just clog the military legal system up with alcohol-related charges for something that would be legal for anyone other than the US servicemen.