Heh.
Kid gets a challenge coin but is too young to go drink in a bar to use it...
Or do they still serve "underage" military in the E clubs?
Do they even still have E clubs?
Pretty sure the on-post clubs still serve 18-yos (haven’t heard otherwise, anyway). In the kid’s case, the letter from the battalion commander that likely went into his personnel file is at least as useful.
An All-Ranks Activity Center.
They will serve non-Alcoholic only until they verify your age
Drinking age on base/post will typically mirror the state’s drinking age...at least that’s what they did when I was in the service. Lost track of how many states have 18 years old drinking age limits vs. the 21 years old.
There are not that many, if any E clubs around anymore...most have been consolidated into one and even many of those are on life support.