why do we soldiers drink so much?
349158
I used to drink a lot too when I was in the service, especially after a hard day of police calls and picking up pine cones.
1026736
I do not get why people do not understand that our troops are doing thier jobs.  They go to work every day just like you do.  The huge difference is that instead of returning home to thier own home, bed, and family every night they sleep on a bunk in a tent, barricks, or in a fox hole.  They are always on alert and they see the worst of the worst. Many of them have seen thier friends die, many have been permanately scarred emotionally and physically. When those people who want to whine, bitch, and moan about our troops, roll out of thier comfy bed, drink thier coffee, take a hot shower, and get in to thier air conditioned car they should thank thier lucky stars.  Thank those brave men and women who are thousands of miles from thier homes that you have the oppertunity to have those luxuries every morning. Also thank those of us who wake up every day alone in our beds,  eat our meals alone, wait days on end for the phone to ring so we can say I love you, just one more time, and dread the day that someone is going to come to our door to tell us that the last I love you was the last we would ever hear.  Send the message that you are there for all of us , because if it were not for those of us here at home our military would not have the strength to go out and do what they have to do, and if it were not for our military you would not have all the luxuries you have every day. I understand that many people do not support this war I do not particularly support it myself but I love my Marine and I know that he is only doing his job. You should all know that too.
589906
Your brain is telling you to stop drinking alcohol & start drinking equal amounts of water!  You're dehydrated, which is easy for alcohol to cause.
182580
It gladens our hearts.  Moderate consumption 1-2 glasses most days of the week has significant health benifets.  Its a hugh industry with many run on affects particulaly tourism.  It involves many ancient traditions.  It has or can have great cultural influences.  It developes taste and aroma appreciation.  Its a huge stored food source.\n\nWhat else do you drink with a meal, some sugar sloution, please.\n\nFor a catholic its a significant vehicial for our salvation.  Need I say more or have I saud too much.\n\nYou can take any good thing and abuse it but used properly its is perfectly delightful part of life.
47261
In my psychology class, we learned that you retain knowledge best when you try to retrieve it for the test in the same mental and physical state. This means, that if you drink when you study, you need to drink before you take the test to be in the same mental state. I am in no way recommending this, I'm just giving the hard scientific explanation that I know to be correct.
903587
People dont lose their memory when they drink.....why do you think that?
1132795
Because the diabolical megabucks conglomerate Coca Cola corporation knows if you pee more, then you'll drink more.\n\nSo they have many evil genius mad scientists who slave day and night, make arcane encantations to unholy dark lords, and barter with extraterrestrials and beings from warped dimensions to produce additives which they add to cauldrons of bubbling Coke while dancing naked and teasing poor teenagers with acne for the sole purposes of making you pee more so you'll drink more Coca-Cola.\n\nNow, if you want to know why you're always thirsty right after you finish a Coke, well.................
938512
Spoiled, pampered, diva drunks,yeah the military needs that
1061792
Some genes booze heavily and hibernate.\nWhile the others - ex-pressed!
6947
My answer to this question is hydrated.Feeling thirst is a way of the human body saying, " hey I need some fluid"! The human body needs at least 64 ounces of fluid per day and more in the elderly.
658836
In accordance with local laws, no alcohol is permitted at the military bases in Afghanistan. As you might imagine, there seems to be a black market and illegal sale and consumption, but the consequence of being caught with illegal substances is quite severe.
1032580
The soldiers are protecting your freedom so you can ask stupid questions like this one
426884
Eh, I enjoyed the occasional drink when I was under 21 too.  Why should you be allowed to join the military, but not have a drink the night before you ship out?  It should really be up to parents to enforce the rules anyway, why do we need the government so into our lives for everything anyway?  Anyway, around my area, they send in underage kids who buy smokes or alcohol, and then arrest the clerk and charge them and the business with selling to minors.  So in Ohio, something is occasionally done.
979867
you drink that much because your body is telling you to drink.  maybe you just get dehydrated easily.  regardless, you can never drink too much water.
498524
The Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines that have vowed their lives to the defense of their country do so for many reasons; patriotism, honor, money for college, the need to serve our country, and the need to get out on our own and learn to suport ourselves, just to name a few. We learn bravery, not through brainwashing or stupidity, but through our own reasons. Each person in the armed forces is an individual. None of us want to die, but we are willing to for the benefit of our country, freedom, democracy, and human rights.
244131
They become hydrated, and absorb too much water.
184938
I think they drink it