9. Limitation on the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages A. The minimum drinking age for all persons subject to this Order is 21 years of age while in the country of Japan. E-3's and below who live in the BEQ shall not possess more than six 12 oz. beers or commercially prepared wine coolers or the equivalent volume in their room. NCOs are allowed to keep up to 12 beers or commercially prepared wine coolers or the equivalent in their room. Hard liquor and wine, other than commercially prepared wine coolers, are not authorized in the BEQ. B. Alcohol sales in MCCS package stores and AAFES shoppettes will be limited for E-5 and below members of MCBJ/III MEF who live in the BEQ. Daily sales are limited to six 12 oz. beers or wine coolers per day for E-3 and below. NCOs are limited to the purchase of twelve 12 oz. beers or wine coolers or the equivalent per day. The purchase of hard liquor and wine, other than commercially prepared wine coolers, is prohibited for all unaccompanied E-5 and below. All members of MCBJ/III MEF must be at least 21 years old to purchase alcohol in on-base or off-base establishments. C. No person subject to this Order will possess or consume alcoholic beverages in any public or working area on board U.S. Bases Japan, except within authorized United States Forces clubs, messes, and exchange facilities, unless specifically authorized by individual Camp/Station commanders. D. No person subject to this Order will consume or possess alcoholic beverages in Marine Corps Community Services clubs, unit recreation rooms, or bachelor quarters except in accordance with reference (f) or when specifically authorized by the individual Camp/Station commander. E. No person subject to this Order will consume alcoholic beverages at spectator type events, public gatherings, or assemblies, unless such beverages are dispensed to the general public at such events by an activity authorized by competent authority. F. No person shall consume alcoholic beverages from any individual's personally owned bottle on the premises of a club or mess on military land, or an off-base privately owned bar, cabaret, or restaurant, except at private parties that are held in rented or leased public establishments when individuals furnish their own alcoholic beverages. G. No person subject to this Order will consume alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, military aircraft, or aboard military vessels. Passengers utilizing local military vessels on trips of short duration for recreational purposes only (e.g., fishing trips) may possess and consume beer. Further exceptions may be granted only by authority competent to authorize such recreational trips. H. General regulations concerning consumption of alcoholic beverages at Navy and Marine Corps installations are contained in the references. Reference (f) specifically authorizes the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in officer's quarters, senior bachelor enlisted quarters, civilian employee's quarters, and those areas designated by installation commanders for command entertainment or organized social functions. Reference (g) establishes Marine Corps Bases Japan/III Marine Expeditionary Force policy on beverage control to include age requirements. I. Commanding Officers shall ensure that public consumption of alcoholic beverages is subject to reasonable restrictions. Public intoxication and misconduct arising from consumption or abuse of alcohol is not to be tolerated. J. Alcoholic beverages will not be consumed in a vehicle, at any time (except as indicated in paragraph 9g above), by either the vehicle driver, or any passenger in the vehicle. No person will transport alcoholic beverages in a vehicle, or possess such alcoholic beverages upon the highway, public thoroughfare, or street, after the original cap or stopper of the container has been removed or perforated, except in a storage compartment not accessible without stopping the vehicle, or in a rear portion of a station wagon, jeep, or truck. K. The consumption of alcohol by all persons subject to this Order is prohibited during Typhoon Conditions One, One Caution, One Emergency, One Recovery, and Storm Watch. This applies to personnel in government housing and in off-base residences as well as bachelor members in BOQs/BEQs. Only when normal liberty is sounded by the member's command is alcohol consumption authorized. This provision is intended to promote the health, safety and welfare of persons subject to this Order by ensuring that service members remain unimpaired during dangerous storm conditions and fit for duty in the event of emergency recall. L. Alcoholic beverages will not be consumed by any person in a duty status or within eight hours prior to assuming a duty status. This prohibition does not preempt other applicable directives which govern consumption of alcoholic beverages by service members in a flight status. M. Commanding Officers may administratively withhold or withdraw drinking privileges from individuals who prove, by their actions, that they cannot be trusted to consume alcoholic beverages responsibly.