Red wine.
As a brand new 2LT, I was assigned to the 5th cavalry. On Friday nights the officer’s club featured beef and burgundy. On this particular Friday, the Brigade hosted an officers call and most all the officers in the Brigade were there.,..especially all the LTs. The bright idea among all us LTs was to have a competition. Whoever could down the most burgundy wouldn’t have to pull staff duty for the coming year! All the losing competitors would pull it for him.
Well, any cavalryman worth his spurs couldn’t let that challenge go unanswered.
I won….but in truth, I lost. I was never so sick in my life!!!🤢. That was in 1975 and I’ve yet to be able to pass a glass of red wine close to my lips. A good lesson learned by a stupidly courageous new 2LT cav guy! 😁