No more late-night alcohol sales at AAFES stores, starting Jan. 1
The move aims to help curb the number of suicides among service members.
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The move aims to help curb the number of suicides among service members.
Starting Jan. 1, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service will cut off alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. at all stores.
The change on Army and Air Force bases is meant to support the Pentagon's suicide prevention initiative, which said that limiting when alcohol is available "reduces heavy drinking and other adverse outcomes associated with alcohol misuse."
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