“We served troops in Iraq beer?”
Almost never, unless you were lucky enough to be with the Brits.
But Vietnam had beer, not sure about Granada and Panama.
Nobody does it better than the Aussies. The few times they flew up to Japan, they brought more than enough beer with them. They had more beer than gear in the plane. They weren’t opposed to sharing either.
Yeah, Iraq had some of this ‘1-beer celebration’ BBQs and concerts before, and even after G.O. 1. Commanders discretion I believe. But us Scumbag IT Contractors with our own up-armored trucks always had BIAP Duty Free warehouse and liquor stores in the IZ. A co-worker used a gutted-out old 3U router to get his flat case of vodka thru the check points. The case fit perfectly inside. Cisco engineering. Then he’d store it under his desk at work.
You can only get away with what you control. Once ppl lose control it ruins it for everyone.
Panama yes, but the local swill had high levels of formaldehyde, which gives you a massive headache. Or so I’m told...
Colonel, USAF (ret)
Yeah we had beer, at times, but we had to buy it. It wasn’t given to us like cigarettes.