Should soldiers under 21 be allowed to legally drink?

I have often thought about this issue. It does not make much sense that in the United States an 18 year old can be given a gun and sent into war but cannot go out and buy himself a beer. It's difficult to comprehend. I also think that part of the issue of alcoholism springing up at younger ages is that the drinking age is set to 21. Young people tend to rebel, and do what they are told not to. If it were easier for them to access alcohol legally at a more reasonable age, I think they would be less likely to binge (as they are illegally now). I think that it's part of human nature for young people to think that it's more fun to break the rules, and when breaking them, why not give it their best?!?!

Put alcohol aside for one moment - what about the right to vote? Shouldn't an 18-years-old soldier be entitled to vote?

Roee, where have you been for the past thirty-five years?  In America, ALL 18-year-old citizens have the same right to vote as anyone else. 

And for your information, every base has Enlisted Clubs so that ANY fighting man or woman has the right to a cold beer.

Drunk on duty, that's still an old-fashioned Artticle 186, and I have taken stripes off of Marines who were old enough to know better than to get wasted in the club.

BTW, Officers' Clubs have the same provision, as do Staff Clubs. 

Why, then, do you demand to persecute servicemen and servicewomen?