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Friday, October 19, 2012

If you ever wondered where "beer day underway" came from



It's actually codified an instruction, OPNAVINST 1700.16A

http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/01000%20Military%20Personnel%20Support/01-700%20Morale,%20Community%20and%20Religious%20Services/1700.16A.pdf

Look at page 5.
Posted by Navy Grade 36 Bureaucrat at 9:47 AM
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