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Interesting, Yes, that works for me.
They were also, amazing, bizarre, unique, sometimes wet, sometimes hot, and sometimes best shared with other crazy bastards.

Now what sort of help can we give tongue-tied? I remember a few of the old Liberty Manuals. Think these might still be useful?

1. How to deal with bar babes, drink types, monetary exchange, and group rates?
2. How to make booze from common household materials?
3. How to find escape routes from strange women’s bedrooms?
4. How to buy a beer, order drinks, look for companionship, and ask for a fast taxi to the port in multiple languages.
5. How to not volunteer yourself for anything requiring work?
6. 68 ways to avoid actual commitment in relationships lasting over an hour.
7. The $18 dollar weekend (XXX version with illustrations)
8. Odd customs of the women of many nations (and local variations on a theme)
9. Excuses that work with the Law Enforcement Agencies of U.S. Allies (and other not so friendly nations)
10. Identifying the uniforms of the World’s Police
11. Amazing ways to travel without spending money or being noticed by the Authorities.
12. A fine smoke, a good wine, and a pleasant interlude, Every Man Needs A Hobby!
13. Bars of the World, (rated by types of liquor, cost, and available back doors!)
14. Words NOT to use on first dates and chance meetings!
15. Hygiene while traveling light.
16. Always ask if she has a friend!
17. Low Dives and Houses of Ill-Repute (3 Michelin stars or better)
18. The Physics of Happiness, (Hydraulic, Pneumatic, force vectors, geometry, and modified battery appliances)
19. Hourly Hotel Rates (by country and time of day) (how to use your AAA membership to advantage.)
20. Self-Defense in the Nude, (or full contact Chinese pillow fighting techniques.)
21. Self-hypnotism, (or how to forget the morning after!)
22. Football Schedules (football, not soccer!)
23. Single-malt as a tonic, foot bath, and culinary additive.
24. Gifts Ladies Like for under $25
25. Door locks and How To Bypass Them, (if ‘he’ gets home too early!)

LOL...some good tips there if you can get 'em. The last "Liberty Hound" handout I saw was in around 1988. It was either MIDWAY or INDEPENDENCE, before a Thailand port. They don't do that any more...now it is pre-port briefs like "Buddy system is required to leave the ship, and must return together". "No more than 3 beers in any one sitting, and MUST be consumed with food." "If you come back to the ship intoxicated, you are on liberty risk". (So there goes the safe harbor in a kid's mind when he loses his buddy, drunk.

Sadly, I kid you not. 7th Fleet is a whole new world these days.