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Vol. 15 · No. 123 · Thursday, 15 October 2026

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Marine Corps predicts future drinking incidents will be caused by near-peer pressure

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The Marine Corps published a strategic document today that predicts future alcohol-related incidents will be caused primarily by near-peer pressure.

"We need to think beyond the small-scale drinking incidents of the past 20 years of counterinsurgency and start looking at major intoxicating threats," reads a forward from Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller. "In the future, near-peer adversaries like Russia and China will pressure us to enter into high intensity, testosterone-fueled benders. If we're not prepared, they may even drink us under the table."

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