WASHINGTON, July 4— When the United States Army slashed beer rations for the 37,000 G.I.'s in South Korea [in 1997], commanders said the edict was intended to stamp out a pesky vice.
No, not guzzling beer. That is a cherished pastime for off-duty troops in Korea and just about everywhere else American forces call home.
Instead, the Army was trying to eliminate a thriving decades-old black market in American beer that is shipped from the United States and sold duty free for $12 a case in PX's. American beer has more cachet than Korean brews, sometimes fetching as much as four times the PX price on the black market.
The Army has reduced the number of cases of duty-free beer that an American soldier or the soldier's family can buy, to eight a month from 30.
But big brewers like Anheuser-Busch Inc. and the Miller Brewing Company say the policy is costing them millions of dollars. They worry that the policy, applicable now only to Korea, will be broadened to other markets (www.nytimes.com/1997/07/05/us/army-cuts-its-beer-ration-and-brewers-are-furious.html).
..the Beer Institute, a trade association headed by Raymond McGrath, a former Republican Congressman from Long Island, lobbied the House of Representatives to tuck a tiny provision into the Pentagon's budget bill for the 1998 fiscal year that might lead to reversing the policy.
''I don't like to see our troops over there not able to buy American beer that's important to morale,'' said Representative Herbert H. Bateman, a Virginia Republican on the House National Security Committee.
Lawmakers also expressed concern that the restriction on PX beer purchases would cause the proceeds of beer sales in Korea to plummet, to $7 million a year from $14 million. The military uses that money to build bowling alleys, repair ball fields and improve other recreational centers for the troops in Korea.
The House directed the Army to justify the new policy and explain how the shortfall in beer proceeds would be made up.
In defending the policy, which took effect on March 1, Army officials note that eight cases of beer a month, with 24 bottles or cans in a case, is still a considerable quantity. ''I don't know any families who would consume a case of beer a day every day,'' a spokesman for the Army in Korea, Col. John Reitz, said (www.nytimes.com/1997/07/05/us/army-cuts-its-beer-ration-and-brewers-are-furious.html).
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Germany has been reluctant to send its soldiers to Afghanistan. Not so its beer.
Last year, the German armed forces shipped more than 260,000 gallons of home-brewed suds to its troops serving in northern Afghanistan, as well as more than 18,000 gallons of wine. On a per-soldier basis, that was the equivalent of a ration of 26 ounces of beer a day, all year long (2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403512.html).
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Alcohol is forbidden in Afghanistan for Muslims, but foreigners are allowed to buy it under certain conditions. The U.S. military prohibits its troops there from drinking (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403512.html).
Zie ook http://biervat.blogspot.nl/2014/06/veteranendag.html en
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According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Defense Department stated that alcohol was a contributing factor in nearly fifty percent of the 6,000 sexual assaults reported last year. “It’s a weapon,” said Katharina Booth, Chief Trial Deputy and Chief of the Boulder District Attorney’s Office sexual assault unit (http://popularmilitary.com/military-calls-alcohol-weapon-sexual-assault-prevention-guide/).
Drunk driving and binge drinking have also been significant problems in the military as well. These and similar issues led to the military “deglamorizing” alcohol through rules, regulations, and publicity campaigns. A documented “alcohol-related incident” is a career ender for senior personnel, even if the only nexus of alcohol to the incident is the fact that a beer was inside a 50-foot radius.
Alcohol isn’t, and shouldn’t be, glamorous, but it is part of life. As the military addressed other problems — some alcohol-related, others not — it threw the baby out with the bathwater. Put another way, a few guys crapped their pants and now the whole military wears diapers (http://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/).
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According to military sources, around 1m litres (1.8m pints) of beer were shipped to German troops stationed in Afghanistan last year, as well as almost 70,000 litres of wine and sekt, a German sparkling wine.
The figures suggest that the 3,600 German soldiers based in Afghanistan as part of Nato's ISAF reconstruction mission, are each consuming around 278 litres of beer a year each, about 490 pints, as well as 128 standard measures of wine. The figures are set to rise by around 10% this year as troop numbers also increase.`
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US troops face an alcohol ban when on mission while British and other armies are allowed to drink moderately when not on duty. This discrepancy led to the claim made at a Nato conference on Afghanistan that "some drink beer while others risk their lives."
But the German defence ministry has reacted coolly, saying that the supply levels indicate that soldiers are "well within" the allowed "two can a day" limit - equivalent to 1 litre. Thomas Raabe, a defence ministry spokesman said that the figures suggested soldiers were drinking "0.8 litres every day". He added that the alcohol supplies, which are flown in from camps in Tajikistan and are put on sale in shops at German military camps, were not just consumed by soldiers, but also by German police, diplomats and journalists (www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/15/germany-afghanistan-beer, www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/14/germany-military-alcohol-afghanistan).
Nu er afgelopen jaren weer flink wat oorlogen zijn geweest, o.a. Joegoslavië, Bosnië, Irak en Afghanistan, zijn er weer flink wat veteranen. Tevens zijn er oplichters die zich voordoen als veteranen. Tijdens de Bushregering kwam er wetgeving die dit strafbaar stelde, maar aangezien die regering geen kennis had van de Amerikaanse grondwet, wat o.a. ook bleek bij de PATROIT Act en het waterboarden e.d., was deze niet houdbaar:
The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of previous U.S. law addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture, or sale of any military decorations and medals. The law made it a federal misdemeanor to falsely represent oneself as having received any U.S. military decoration or medal. If convicted, defendants might have been imprisoned for up to six months, unless the decoration lied about is the Medal of Honor, in which case imprisonment could have been up to one year. In United States v. Alvarez the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 28, 2012, that the Stolen Valor Act was an unconstitutional abridgment of the freedom of speech under the First Amendment, striking down the law in a 6 to 3 decision.
The Act made it illegal for unauthorized persons to wear, buy, sell, barter, trade, or manufacture "any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces." In the 18 months after the act was enacted, the Chicago Tribune estimated there were twenty prosecutions. The number increased as awareness of the law spread.
United States v. Strandlof: Strandlof's attorney believed the law was too vague...he Rutherford Institute, a Virginia-based civil liberties group, joined in the case on January 20, 2010: ... the Stolen Valor Act is an unconstitutional restraint on the freedom of speech."
United States v. Alvarez: Initially the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided Alvarez on August 17, 2010, ruling the Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional. "The right to speak and write whatever one chooses – including, to some degree, worthless, offensive and demonstrable untruths – without cowering in fear of a powerful government is, in our view, an essential component of the protection afforded by the First Amendment," Judge Smith wrote. If lying about a medal can be classified as a crime, Smith said, so many everyday lies could become criminal acts, such as lying about one's age, misrepresenting one's financial status on Facebook, or telling one's mother falsehoods about drinking, smoking or sex....On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court found the law unconstitutional in a 6 to 3 decision, ...in response Representative Joe Heck sponsored the Stolen Valor Act of 2012 to criminalize profiting by falsely claiming to have received a military medal for serving in combat, ...The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 was signed by President Barack Obama on June 3, 2013.[37] The Act makes it a federal crime to fraudulently claim to be a recipient of certain military decorations or medals in order to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005).
For an amusing, yet disgusting, case of phony valor, check out this website. It's a great example of how to really make a wannabe public! (www.stolenvalor.com/). Andere voorbeelden zijn NBC News anchor Brian Williams en Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (http://xbradtc.com/category/stolen-valor/).
Ik vraag me af hoe deze stelling dat men niet mag verdienen op het zich voordoen als veteraan, zich verhoudt tot brouwerijen:
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Beer Army
Combat Brewery
134 Industrial Park Dr
Trenton, North Carolina, 28585-9593
United States
(www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32454/)
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Ook deze brouwerij sluit aan bij een craft beer revolutie, zonder de term 'craft' te noemen, maar wel met veel verwijzingen naar het leger.
Beer Army, LLC was founded in 2008, cultivating consumer demand by hosting beer festivals and opening a craft beer bar and bottle shop. The Beer Army Combat Brewery TM went into full production with statewide distribution in August 2013. Driven to realize the American Dream, a dream that initially involved bringing craft beer to Eastern North Carolina and expanding, we are now expanding our portfolio of beers and extending our reach to consumers in multiple states (www.beerarmy.com/).
At Beer Army we don’t back down from adversity we challenge it. We don’t subscribe to being told what we can and cannot do. We believe in mission accomplishment and for us, nothing is impossible. We are a company of beer enthusiasts believing there is more to our products than just ingredients. Our beer contains passion, zeal and integrity. What you hold in your hand has a soul with a story that you are now a part of. Join the revolution and liberate your senses because if you are drinking this, you are already in the Beer Army! (www.beerarmy.com/)
The Beer Army Brewery is an on and off premise beer sales establishment featuring growler, bottle, and keg sales... Nestled in a corner within the Beer Army Combat Brewery is the Beer Army Bunker. This is the place to come and get away from all of life's bullets. You can visit the brewery and sample the beers brewed less than 50 feet away from you as you sit at the bunker bar and relax.
De brouwerij is opgericht door: Dustin Canestorp en Jeff Brungard. Beiden blijken Certified Beer Judge, Home Brewer, and Marine Corps Combat Veteran (zie www.beerarmy.com/).
Ze brouwen o.a.:
Angels (6,5%) Belgian Style Blonde Ale, 21 IBU
Battle of Brock's Mill (5,5%) Smoked Porter 30 IBU
Fire in the Hole (5%) Irish Red Ale, 26 IBU
Heroes never Die!!! (6,5%) American Style IPA, 61 IBU
(www.beerarmy.com/)
Zie ook http://biervat.blogspot.nl/2014/06/bieretiket-thema.html voor etiketten met wapens.
Overigens is er naast stolen valour ook zoiets als stijl: studentenzuippartijen en underage drinking:
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The outspoken Republican aide who blasted the Obama girls on her Facebook page for showing a “lack of class” was once arrested for misdemeanor larceny during her own “awful teen years,” according to court documents.
Elizabeth Lauten, former communications director to Republican Steven Fincher, resigned from her position after her “Dear Sasha and Malia” Facebook post. In the note, she criticized the girls’ outfits and demeanor at the annual turkey pardoning ceremony. But after some digging in court papers, Lauten has been exposed as a thief in her own teenage years (http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/12/hypocrite-elizabeth-lauten-arrested-teenager-larceny/, http://necolebitchie.com/2014/12/elizabeth-lauten-resigns-after-criticizing-malia-sasha-obama-her-own-classless-past-uncovered/,
https://therealwithdarylanddevon.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/im-pissed-off-and-i-dont-care-if-you-give-a-fuck-about-it/).
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No, not guzzling beer. That is a cherished pastime for off-duty troops in Korea and just about everywhere else American forces call home.
Instead, the Army was trying to eliminate a thriving decades-old black market in American beer that is shipped from the United States and sold duty free for $12 a case in PX's. American beer has more cachet than Korean brews, sometimes fetching as much as four times the PX price on the black market.
The Army has reduced the number of cases of duty-free beer that an American soldier or the soldier's family can buy, to eight a month from 30.
But big brewers like Anheuser-Busch Inc. and the Miller Brewing Company say the policy is costing them millions of dollars. They worry that the policy, applicable now only to Korea, will be broadened to other markets (www.nytimes.com/1997/07/05/us/army-cuts-its-beer-ration-and-brewers-are-furious.html).
..the Beer Institute, a trade association headed by Raymond McGrath, a former Republican Congressman from Long Island, lobbied the House of Representatives to tuck a tiny provision into the Pentagon's budget bill for the 1998 fiscal year that might lead to reversing the policy.
''I don't like to see our troops over there not able to buy American beer that's important to morale,'' said Representative Herbert H. Bateman, a Virginia Republican on the House National Security Committee.
Lawmakers also expressed concern that the restriction on PX beer purchases would cause the proceeds of beer sales in Korea to plummet, to $7 million a year from $14 million. The military uses that money to build bowling alleys, repair ball fields and improve other recreational centers for the troops in Korea.
The House directed the Army to justify the new policy and explain how the shortfall in beer proceeds would be made up.
In defending the policy, which took effect on March 1, Army officials note that eight cases of beer a month, with 24 bottles or cans in a case, is still a considerable quantity. ''I don't know any families who would consume a case of beer a day every day,'' a spokesman for the Army in Korea, Col. John Reitz, said (www.nytimes.com/1997/07/05/us/army-cuts-its-beer-ration-and-brewers-are-furious.html).
Germany has been reluctant to send its soldiers to Afghanistan. Not so its beer.
Last year, the German armed forces shipped more than 260,000 gallons of home-brewed suds to its troops serving in northern Afghanistan, as well as more than 18,000 gallons of wine. On a per-soldier basis, that was the equivalent of a ration of 26 ounces of beer a day, all year long (2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403512.html).
Alcohol is forbidden in Afghanistan for Muslims, but foreigners are allowed to buy it under certain conditions. The U.S. military prohibits its troops there from drinking (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403512.html).
Zie ook http://biervat.blogspot.nl/2014/06/veteranendag.html en
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Defense Department stated that alcohol was a contributing factor in nearly fifty percent of the 6,000 sexual assaults reported last year. “It’s a weapon,” said Katharina Booth, Chief Trial Deputy and Chief of the Boulder District Attorney’s Office sexual assault unit (http://popularmilitary.com/military-calls-alcohol-weapon-sexual-assault-prevention-guide/).
Drunk driving and binge drinking have also been significant problems in the military as well. These and similar issues led to the military “deglamorizing” alcohol through rules, regulations, and publicity campaigns. A documented “alcohol-related incident” is a career ender for senior personnel, even if the only nexus of alcohol to the incident is the fact that a beer was inside a 50-foot radius.
Alcohol isn’t, and shouldn’t be, glamorous, but it is part of life. As the military addressed other problems — some alcohol-related, others not — it threw the baby out with the bathwater. Put another way, a few guys crapped their pants and now the whole military wears diapers (http://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/).
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment enjoy a frosty brew Super Bowl Sunday (http://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/).
According to military sources, around 1m litres (1.8m pints) of beer were shipped to German troops stationed in Afghanistan last year, as well as almost 70,000 litres of wine and sekt, a German sparkling wine.
The figures suggest that the 3,600 German soldiers based in Afghanistan as part of Nato's ISAF reconstruction mission, are each consuming around 278 litres of beer a year each, about 490 pints, as well as 128 standard measures of wine. The figures are set to rise by around 10% this year as troop numbers also increase.`
...
US troops face an alcohol ban when on mission while British and other armies are allowed to drink moderately when not on duty. This discrepancy led to the claim made at a Nato conference on Afghanistan that "some drink beer while others risk their lives."
But the German defence ministry has reacted coolly, saying that the supply levels indicate that soldiers are "well within" the allowed "two can a day" limit - equivalent to 1 litre. Thomas Raabe, a defence ministry spokesman said that the figures suggested soldiers were drinking "0.8 litres every day". He added that the alcohol supplies, which are flown in from camps in Tajikistan and are put on sale in shops at German military camps, were not just consumed by soldiers, but also by German police, diplomats and journalists (www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/15/germany-afghanistan-beer, www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/14/germany-military-alcohol-afghanistan).
Nu er afgelopen jaren weer flink wat oorlogen zijn geweest, o.a. Joegoslavië, Bosnië, Irak en Afghanistan, zijn er weer flink wat veteranen. Tevens zijn er oplichters die zich voordoen als veteranen. Tijdens de Bushregering kwam er wetgeving die dit strafbaar stelde, maar aangezien die regering geen kennis had van de Amerikaanse grondwet, wat o.a. ook bleek bij de PATROIT Act en het waterboarden e.d., was deze niet houdbaar:
The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of previous U.S. law addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture, or sale of any military decorations and medals. The law made it a federal misdemeanor to falsely represent oneself as having received any U.S. military decoration or medal. If convicted, defendants might have been imprisoned for up to six months, unless the decoration lied about is the Medal of Honor, in which case imprisonment could have been up to one year. In United States v. Alvarez the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 28, 2012, that the Stolen Valor Act was an unconstitutional abridgment of the freedom of speech under the First Amendment, striking down the law in a 6 to 3 decision.
The Act made it illegal for unauthorized persons to wear, buy, sell, barter, trade, or manufacture "any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces." In the 18 months after the act was enacted, the Chicago Tribune estimated there were twenty prosecutions. The number increased as awareness of the law spread.
United States v. Strandlof: Strandlof's attorney believed the law was too vague...he Rutherford Institute, a Virginia-based civil liberties group, joined in the case on January 20, 2010: ... the Stolen Valor Act is an unconstitutional restraint on the freedom of speech."
United States v. Alvarez: Initially the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided Alvarez on August 17, 2010, ruling the Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional. "The right to speak and write whatever one chooses – including, to some degree, worthless, offensive and demonstrable untruths – without cowering in fear of a powerful government is, in our view, an essential component of the protection afforded by the First Amendment," Judge Smith wrote. If lying about a medal can be classified as a crime, Smith said, so many everyday lies could become criminal acts, such as lying about one's age, misrepresenting one's financial status on Facebook, or telling one's mother falsehoods about drinking, smoking or sex....On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court found the law unconstitutional in a 6 to 3 decision, ...in response Representative Joe Heck sponsored the Stolen Valor Act of 2012 to criminalize profiting by falsely claiming to have received a military medal for serving in combat, ...The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 was signed by President Barack Obama on June 3, 2013.[37] The Act makes it a federal crime to fraudulently claim to be a recipient of certain military decorations or medals in order to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005).
For an amusing, yet disgusting, case of phony valor, check out this website. It's a great example of how to really make a wannabe public! (www.stolenvalor.com/). Andere voorbeelden zijn NBC News anchor Brian Williams en Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (http://xbradtc.com/category/stolen-valor/).
Ik vraag me af hoe deze stelling dat men niet mag verdienen op het zich voordoen als veteraan, zich verhoudt tot brouwerijen:
Combat Brewery
134 Industrial Park Dr
Trenton, North Carolina, 28585-9593
United States
(www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32454/)
Beer Army, LLC was founded in 2008, cultivating consumer demand by hosting beer festivals and opening a craft beer bar and bottle shop. The Beer Army Combat Brewery TM went into full production with statewide distribution in August 2013. Driven to realize the American Dream, a dream that initially involved bringing craft beer to Eastern North Carolina and expanding, we are now expanding our portfolio of beers and extending our reach to consumers in multiple states (www.beerarmy.com/).
At Beer Army we don’t back down from adversity we challenge it. We don’t subscribe to being told what we can and cannot do. We believe in mission accomplishment and for us, nothing is impossible. We are a company of beer enthusiasts believing there is more to our products than just ingredients. Our beer contains passion, zeal and integrity. What you hold in your hand has a soul with a story that you are now a part of. Join the revolution and liberate your senses because if you are drinking this, you are already in the Beer Army! (www.beerarmy.com/)
The Beer Army Brewery is an on and off premise beer sales establishment featuring growler, bottle, and keg sales... Nestled in a corner within the Beer Army Combat Brewery is the Beer Army Bunker. This is the place to come and get away from all of life's bullets. You can visit the brewery and sample the beers brewed less than 50 feet away from you as you sit at the bunker bar and relax.
...
The Beer Army Bunker is also available to be reserved for private parties, receptions, wet downs, etc....We are distributed statewide in North Carolina by Freedom Beverage Company and we still self distribute in Craven County. We now offer bottles in addition to keg and draft packages (www.beerarmy.com/).De brouwerij is opgericht door: Dustin Canestorp en Jeff Brungard. Beiden blijken Certified Beer Judge, Home Brewer, and Marine Corps Combat Veteran (zie www.beerarmy.com/).
Ze brouwen o.a.:
Angels (6,5%) Belgian Style Blonde Ale, 21 IBU
Battle of Brock's Mill (5,5%) Smoked Porter 30 IBU
Fire in the Hole (5%) Irish Red Ale, 26 IBU
Heroes never Die!!! (6,5%) American Style IPA, 61 IBU
(www.beerarmy.com/)
Zie ook http://biervat.blogspot.nl/2014/06/bieretiket-thema.html voor etiketten met wapens.
Overigens is er naast stolen valour ook zoiets als stijl: studentenzuippartijen en underage drinking:
Elizabeth Lauten, former communications director to Republican Steven Fincher, resigned from her position after her “Dear Sasha and Malia” Facebook post. In the note, she criticized the girls’ outfits and demeanor at the annual turkey pardoning ceremony. But after some digging in court papers, Lauten has been exposed as a thief in her own teenage years (http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/12/hypocrite-elizabeth-lauten-arrested-teenager-larceny/, http://necolebitchie.com/2014/12/elizabeth-lauten-resigns-after-criticizing-malia-sasha-obama-her-own-classless-past-uncovered/,
https://therealwithdarylanddevon.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/im-pissed-off-and-i-dont-care-if-you-give-a-fuck-about-it/).
