Regarding the drinking age: Anyone in the military who is on active duty should be able to go into any bar and buy a drink if they show their active duty ID card. If an 18-yeaer-old is old enough to serve in Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, etc., they are old enough to buy a drink.
Rod Zabell, ex-Navy
Snohomish
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