Troops in Iraq allowed to drink beer on Super Bowl Sunday!
GEN Odierno is awesome.
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For One Night, GIs in Iraq Get a Taste of Home: Football and Beer
By Ernesto Londoņo
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, January 9, 2009; Page A12
BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 -- Of all the missives the top U.S. military commander in Iraq has signed, probably none generated more cheer than the one issued this week authorizing all U.S. troops to drink beer.
Two catches: only two per person and only on Super Bowl night.
The waiver, issued Wednesday by Gen. Ray Odierno, marks the first time all American service members in Iraq will be allowed to break the ban on liquor in combat zones without risking being court-martialed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=moreheadlines
No but I do recall wishing
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Originally Posted by
J Wolfsberger
You wouldn't have any special knowledge of how that "erroneous word got out," would you? ;)
I'd thought of it. :D
We heard it was a Navy Corpsman with 6 MEU...
There's a catch though...
The WaPo didn't get the full story. Stars & Stripes had an article on this back before Christmas. At the time, it only applied to MND-Baghdad. They followed up recently, with reactions from other units. From the sound of it, MND-B will be the only command allowing its members to drink beer. Even MND-Center soldiers living on the same bases as MND-B won't be allowed to drink. Luckily, I'm in Qatar for a pass, enjoying my 3 daily beers.
According to my source...
lift on the beer ban will only be in the Green Zone. :confused: