Alcohol in the Military?

@Witt you need to brush up on your military history.

Added more original wartime material to the site.  I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend -

Sincerely,

Site Manager

The War You Know

thewaryouknow.com

Here’s a BBC article about the military custom of saluting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30679406

The chart mentioned in the story…

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/28119/20101014145X_Pecking_Order_CompU.pdf

…has some suprisingly amusing cartoons for an official government publication dealing with a serious topic like military ranks.  Then again, I once heard a rule of thumb on shipboard behaviour supposedly given to enlisted sailors: “If you see something, salute it.  If it doesn’t salute back, pick it up.  If it can’t be picked up, paint it.”

@Gargantua:

In all seriousness,

I happen to have the worlds most effective beer marketing strategy all planned out, that could be run at ultra minimal cost, and is garunteed to be a massive hit. :)

It will change the culture of beer… I just need a beer that tastes good, and one that is ready for larger scale production.

I don’t suppose that’s you Jermofoot?

You guys all already know me for my flash and bang… what if I told you we could use those powers for -good-? :D

I know I can get the average customer to take the beer off the shelf based off my strategy the first time they see it.  And we’ll be in business if they come back to get the beer off the shelf the second time, because it tasted so damn good.

See, I would have guessed boobies as well.

Is it free samples?

Cant you even put the Emperor of Japan’s name?

Sorry, I had a mental block and couldn’t remember. I figured everyone would know who I meant.

since the population has little fear of war compared to Europe, the people would undoubtedly support such a war by a majority or at least 50/50.

i didnt read every post but this comment just makes me laugh.
Japan doesnt want to go to war. The state in their constitution that they will never attack only out of selve defense. The 100 Japanese military are there just to do reconstruction and are portected by the dutch in the region. Only This has caused an criticism. I dont know why you think Japan would gladly go into a war and double their army? Yes some politicians want to lose that law. but i dont see this happening any time soon. They may alter it to assist in peacekeepers, but joining a war i dont think so.

They can withdraw men from S-Korea, Germany, Japan but i think this is already done.
oh and if the US doesnt attack unilateral all the time it wont need this much troops.

I am in the Army National Guard, I just rejoined after 2 years out. I had 12 years in so I figured I would go back and finnish 8 more to retire.

I am proud to say I am a Gulf War Veteran and I would do it again if needed.

@cystic:

well, it seems more effective than the North A. circus of justice - applying judgements from one case to another etc. Current jurisprudence looks more like a patch-work quilt than the smooth material of the Talmud.

Well, the notion of laws being fair did not come up yet :)…
i must admit, that north american system is (like the former minister of justice in germany said) “crappy” :)