FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Capt. Tyler Peters, the commander of Bravo Company, 1-87 Infantry, charged Staff Sgt. John Shuller on Wednesday with being drunk on duty after the soldier arrived at PT smelling like whiskey, sources report.

Shuller, who sources say rarely drinks, was taken out for a few beers by a friend whose life he'd saved during a vicious gunfight in Mosul, for which he'd received the Silver Star. The occasion was to celebrate Shuller's recent promotion to E-6, years ahead of his peers.

The soldier also had "a shot or two," bought for him by a teacher at the local community college where he earned his Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, according to a friend who was familiar with the event.

Peters, who arrived to an interview with Duffel Blog red-eyed and smelling of bourbon, told Duffel Blog that this isn’t the first time he’s had to discipline Shuller.