http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/11/20100311military-alcohol-ban-war-ON.html
A better stress relief for them might be to bring them home.
I know it would be an economic relief on our country.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war zones drink alcohol as a way to relieve combat stress.
At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services military personnel panel, Webb asked defense and service officials about mental health issues facing deployed service members and, in particular, about a recent Military Times investigation into the military's use of anti-depressants and other drugs for treating mental health issues.
The reported increase in prescription drug use and self-medication
by deployed troops "is, quite frankly, astounding to me," Webb said, adding that it is a clear indicator of the overall fatigue of combat troops who are not getting enough time between deployments.
