There is a difference between military culture, enforcing discipline, intensive training, blood stripes, blood wings, tacking crows, all of that, and assault and battery. And there is no room, zero, for forced alcohol consumption. I think there's a fine line between what is legal and what is illegal. The stuff that is illegal should be penalized under the fullest extent of the UCMJ, with time served followed by separation. The rest, those people can be penalized, mentored, trained, and continue on.
Re: forced alcohol consumption. I would like to know more about that specific charge. If it was holding someone down, or tying them up, and forcibly putting alcohol in them, I agree 100%. That's pretty extreme though. I wonder if it was more along the lines of peer pressure to keep drinking even when the servicemember wanted to stop. I wouldn't classify that as forced consumption, unless direct threats of violence were made. To be clear, I am in no way saying anything here is right. I am only arguing for punishment within the service, as opposed to separation.