It’s all fun and games, I guess, until someone gets burned. I know a Navy guy who was burned “accidentally” by someone operating machinery while intoxicated. It’s so cool to bring your booze in to work with you. Those Navy uniforms (the camo ones) melt to your skin when they’re on fire. Eventually, the jerk in charge got his. Total lack of discipline on that boat.
As for Marines, as long as they drink away from work and when not driving, who cares.
My daughter called me earlier to say she got a speeding ticket today, while on a camping trip with her friend. “That was stupid. You’ll pay it,” I said. Her Marine recruiter will chew her out much better than I ever could :-). (She expects to go to boot camp next month.)
I was a peace time grunt so we really did not have a job.