No booze for you!

Guy I know finally ended his long tour here and a few of us gave him a $40 bottle of bourbon as a going away gift. Turns out that when boarding the military aircraft for the day-long flight back, the ground crew saw the bottle and confiscated it. Bummer. Then to make things even worse, he picks up some nice souvenir spirits during a layover in Europe - and they get confiscated by customs upon arrival in CONUS. This would be incredibly tragic, and even life-altering if it happened to me, but if you knew the guy and could envision how he probably went completely batshit for each of these confiscations, you'd still be laughing too. Gotta hope the man saw an open bar upon arrival. At least we still get credit for the gift I think.