[Mariner]

The Navy has always forbade alcohol on ships. And, has always busted sailors that showed up for duty after drinking.

However, I fear this is about catching the hangovers at quarters in the morning.

THAT will put a lot of sailors in the cross hairs.

[Sporke]

Uh....one of the first things we loaded onto my ship during our initial outfit....was hundreds of cases of Budweiser. It surprised me a bit at first, but...it didn’t go to waste. :)

[octex]

The Navy has always forbade alcohol on ships. And, has always busted sailors that showed up for duty after drinking.
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That’s BS. I served on a CVA and there were LOADS of beer and liquor.

A V-2 Division party on an island in the Med requistioned many cases of beer from ship stores.

We once had to pull out of Mayport with a skeleton crew to plow right through Hurricane Donna. The officers’ quarters just below deck and forward were flooded because of the high waves. During clean up, the enlisted men were able to “salvage” a lot of bottles and even cases of hooch.

[moehoward]

"However, I fear this is about catching the hangovers at quarters in the morning."

Or those that maintain BAL of an unacceptable amount.

Back in my days on the Connie, you'd see the occasional flask. Sometimes you could catch a whiff of pot around a catwalk between flight ops. Only saw two guys get the boot though. Both for repeatedly getting so drunk they were still smashed the following day.