Marine Corps predicts future drinking incidents will be caused by near-peer pressure
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."
The document claims that high tech weapons and advanced sensors on the battlefield will mean that Marines have to disperse into several smaller barracks parties if they want to get plastered. Small units seeking to close with and destroy the local nightlife will have to rethink their tactics.
"We've gotten too used to robust logistical support providing us all the booze we need whenever we want to tie one on," Neller continue…
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