Originally Posted by
Houston Techsan
Not when I was 18 in Louisiana. You could buy beer and wine at the liquor store and anything at a bar when your were 18. The legal age was raised sometime in the 70's I believe, well after I was 21. Now Texas was different, but I was 21 by the time I got here. And talking about getting drafted (which I was) you could buy drinks at the E club on post (Ft. Polk and Ft. Sill for me before I went to Germany). I don't think they even cared if you were under 18, although there probably weren't many younger. I said EM (enlisted men's club) and not NCO club because I doubt if there were any NCO's (or officers) younger than 21.