Vices I have no proclivity for

Smoking, tatoos, and alcohol. I saw all three last night. When we arrived at Ft. Riley, some of us took a late night trip to the Shopette (Army speak for the on-post convenience store). One soldier went straight for the cigarettes and picked up a carton, another soldier went straight for the alcohol, lots of it! A third soldier (not with our group) had his arms covered in tatoos. All three of these vices I have avoided and have never desired. My vices seem to be stuff like computer games, ice cream, and buying books. I must be a completely different breed of soldier because I've never smoked a cigarette. I also have no tatoos. This is a strange one because I seem like I'm the only soldier without a tatoo. It's amazing the number of tatoos some people have on their bodies. Of course, it's now in vogue to have tatoos, or "tats" as some people call them. Everyone has them including officers. Don't people know that their tatoos will bleed together and become unrecognizable, and that they are going to look like idiots at around 60 years old? Frankly, I'm glad that "tats" have never appealed to me. Finally, the funniest of all. The alcohol. For those who don't know, all deployed soldiers are under what is called "General Order 1B." What this means is basically, "no fun allowed." The main tenant of the GO1B is that we are not allowed to drink. That being said, the soldier whom I saw getting the alcohol has been under BO1B for at least a year. Boy was he making up for lost time. He bought A LOT of alcohol. It was unclear whether he was going to share, or just party alone.