sportingnews.com - 1/9/2009
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There's a ban on drinking alcohol inside combat zones for U.S. troops. While it's hard for an outsider to disagree with said policy, I can imagine it is quite an annoyance for the young soldiers over in Iraq and Afghanistan. We Americans take our booze for granted -- wine with dinner, beer ...
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U.S. troops in Iraq will be allowed to
drink beer without fear of being court- martialed for...
this year's Super Bowl. This is an exception to a strict military ban on drinking alcohol in combat zones. This decision was made in the hopes of boosting ...
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U.S. Troops Can Drink Beer For Super Bowl
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... From the LONG overdue department: U.S. troops in Iraq will be allowed to drink up to 2 beers per person during the Super Bowl. The military’s dogmatic restriction of consumption of alcohol by hard pressed, over worked, over deployed troops in Iraq has been an avoidable drain on already strained morale. A step in the right direction to be sure! Here’s hoping that every serviceman and woman overseas gets to enjoy the American Super Bowl tradition as it is meant to be experienced; with good food and drink among friends. Stay frosty over there, troops. ...
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