Hey, I'm not on duty or at work. Are you allowed to smoke, eat continuously, drink alcohol, wear what ever you want, swear continuously or do any other bad habits or inappropriate things on your job or for that matter when you were on duty? Heavy smoking is a dirty, nasty, unhealthy habit and why should it be tolerated on a job or on duty? Since when should the army be anything goes or is it just smoking on duty that should have special clearance?
Bellflower;
I could come up with something snappy but words just fail me right now.
I remember C-Rations with the 4 pack of Luckys or Pall Malls. I thought it was stupid for the military to be forced to take them out way back then.
The US military is not a bunch of monks on a mission to convert the world to the good life. They are average Americans far from home who are kicking in doors,fighting and stuck in FOBs 24/7. This is not the same as having a 9-5 job in Germany where you go "Home" (Barracks) every night.
No civilian understands the 24/7 concept of the military. Yeah, you can talk about it and think about it but to understand you have to live it. If smoking gives a soldier a bit of pleasure in a nasty world then I say let them go for it.
The military has regulated sex and drinking. Let the soldiers keep one or two vices.
And yes, I am a non-smoker.
"Are you allowed to smoke, eat continuously, drink alcohol, wear what ever you want, swear continuously or do any other bad habits or inappropriate things on your job or for that matter when you were on duty?"
Yes to all the above. I own my own business. My office is in the rear complete with ashtrays and the "Executive Wet Bar." I eat whatever I want, whenever I want.
But seriously, I think you have overestimated our interest in your opinion.