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Old 10-15-2011, 10:06 AM   #1
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Well, they usualy provide wine when there are guests.

But during my mandatory year in the French Navy, we were limited to two beer bottles (8.5 oz each) per day and none if we were on duty.
As a sergent-chef, I both dined in the club and ate in the conscripts' mess hall. It was in the mess hall that there were crates of various beverages, including unlabeled demi-bouteilles (ou moins que) of wine, next to stacks of steel mess trays and eating utensils to be picked up as one entered the chow line. Perhaps there was a difference between the branches of service; or, the time periods of our experiences. I don't know if availability was restricted to those French soldiers who were off duty [and in civvies?]; but, my team was in uniform and they graciously didn't say anything.
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Old 10-15-2011, 03:46 PM   #2
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As a sergent-chef, I both dined in the club and ate in the conscripts' mess hall. It was in the mess hall that there were crates of various beverages, including unlabeled demi-bouteilles (ou moins que) of wine, next to stacks of steel mess trays and eating utensils to be picked up as one entered the chow line. Perhaps there was a difference between the branches of service; or, the time periods of our experiences. I don't know if availability was restricted to those French soldiers who were off duty [and in civvies?]; but, my team was in uniform and they graciously didn't say anything.
My year in the French Navy was 20 years ago. Because I was computer guy and helpful to my superiors (usually fixing the bugs they created ), I got invited to the Officer's Club and the NCO mess. It was a lot better for them than for us lowly sailors.
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