Breweries/Brewpubs kind to military

I was in Pensacola for training until November. Is he in aviation? I wasn't too thrilled with the craft beer scene there, but Pensacola Bay Brewery was fun to see and the bar on NATTC had Sweetwater IPA in bottles.

Nice to see some fellow military BA's.

 

Glad to see so many sailors on here.

USN 2002-2006

CTI

 

Hey I thought this was about military and you guys keep mentioning Navy and Air Force!

 

I always buy the first round for Military, Police, Fire and Railroad.

 

Saint Arnold uses profits from their home front IPA along with a couple other breweries.
Shiner sent me a tshirt on my last deployment when I emailed them about one of their beers.

 

With how much they are on call and not able to drink anything, I'd buy a whole night for a Railroad Guy who actually may have a chance to grab a couple.

 

So military, fire, police, medics, doctors, scientists, engineers, regulatory agents....the list goes on and on

 

8404 HM. Throw me a bone! Haha

 

I like you. I like you a lot. When is the last time you saw a doc, scientist, engineer, regulatory agents and as you said the list goes on and on really risk anything, let alone their life?

 

pretty sure any of the breweries popping up in the norfolk/VA beach area would be kind to hook you up

 

I live in Va Beach (my entire life) and the military appreciation is hit or miss around here, thanks to stupid actions from a few junior sailors now and then. There is such a huge military presence in Hampton Roads. I believe it was something like 34% of the metro population are connected.

My girlfriend's brother is even opening his brewery based on a military theme. Him and his best friend/business partner are Army and OIF veterans.

https://www.facebook.com/youngveteransbrewingcompany?fref=ts

 

Siebel doesn't accept the GI Bill. I've talked with them at length about it. They have no desire to be accredited or affiliated with any institution that would allow them to accept the GI Bill. Unless things have changed in the last 6 months.

 

Regulatory agents: EPA, CDC working in the field to control outbreaks, federal agents working to counter the flow of weapons and drugs across borders
Engineers/scientists: geologists/volcanologists working in the field, biologists studying highly contagious diseases, physicists/chemists participating in the Manhattan project
Doctors: moonlighting in clinics in dangerous areas

Of course, there are also things like DWB and EWB, but they are obviously working overseas. How can you say these people aren't dedicating and risking their lives or even simply their well-being to protect Americans from harm?


edit: Let me point out that I have family and friends in the military and have absolutely nothing against it, but to act like it is the only dangerous and nobel profession seems shortsighted.

 

Hell now that you put it that way, Garbage Men work some shitty neighborhoods and deal with some pretty nasty stuff too. Let's go ahead and make sure all our Garbage Men (and women) are properly honored next Veterans Day! Get real hippie.

 

I know he attended a couple years ago, but perhaps I am mistaken about the GI Bill part. That's my fault for stating something I wasn't 100% sure about. Edited to prevent spreading any misinformation.

 

I was actually going to include sanitation workers in my original post but forgot to. There are many very noble and dangerous occupations out there, and unlike you I am actually willing to acknowledge that they are all worthy of recognition.

 

Worthy of recognition, yes. There are a lot of jobs, teachers especially who deserve better than they are getting. But do they deserve to be thought of equally as our Soldiers (Sailors, Airmen, Marines too)? Absolutely not. Not even close.

 

My local bar/grill always comps a full lunch with drinks to Wounded Warriors who come to the Keys twice annually for scuba-therapy. Then they catered one event for them at my house at what was probably 1/3 their cost.

Interesting Side Note: Last trip, a Marine told that his unit officially asked (and received) permission from Stone Brewery to use the Arrogant Bastard name/logo while deployed to Afghanistan. So they weren't just any old arrogant bastards, they were "officially sanctioned" Arrogant Bastards.

 

I don't know about breweries' kind treatment of military/vets, but I do know that many BAs have shown their appreciation to returning vets-I can think of a couple times (though I don't remember the handles of BAs involved) that BAs banded together to send an appreciation package to those who serve(d).

 

I think what they are wanting to do is awesome. About the GI Bill, they have made some changes that make it easier to get lots of different kinds of training. For example I can use it to be a hair stylist or welder or dog groomer but not a brewer. Unless you want to attend UC Davis, which would be kick ass, but I don't see me being accepted to a UC school anytime soon.