Last time I checked we weren't forcing people to enlist anymore. People who are fighting right now for our country signed up to be there, And while I personally think they all Deserve a huge Beer,I don't think we should reconsider the drinking age for civilians because you can volunteer for the military at 18? Voting is one thing, and that age has been changed...and rightfully remains at the legal age for enlistment. A 20 yo Navy Private volunteered to serve a country that enforces a drinking age, and our country enforces these limits for a reason. Military duty, the policies surrounding it, and the enlistment age should have nothing to do with the legallity of alcohol, or the age at which civilians should be able drink it. Unless I am mistaken once you join the miltary you sign away a lot of the rights that you posses as a civilian anyway, and you live under a whole different set of rules. Civilian Life and Military Life are completely different, and knowing how some poilicies with our military run, I am suprised alcohol is permitted in the armed forces at all. For the sake of the soldiers I am glad they are allowed to enjoy the occasional drink, But the argument about fighting for our country when you can't even have a drink lost its weight when we stopped forcively drafting kids into the military right out of highschool.