Never, EVER went to a savory bar in my life ... never.
If you feel that you have to drink and visit unsavory bars, stay on the WH grounds.
Well...yeah! What would be the purpose?
The “Off-Limits” lists were always good bar guides when I was in the service. Especially handy when assigned to a new base.
I used to hit twenty or thirty “unsavory bars” a night, one night in six...
Shore patrol in Olongopo City, Subic Bay, the Philippines. We lieutenants of the visiting Marine Battalion Landing Team accompanied the regular Navy Shore Patrol on their rounds to keep an eye on our troops. It was a good idea. Kept our guys from giving the Navy SP to much trouble.
Three blocks outside the gate, both sides.
PT Barnum would have loved it. What a circus/zoo.
Always said that this was one place just waiting for the wrath of God.
Sure enough, 15 years later Mt Pinatubo dumped several feet of ash on Olongapo.
Me? I spent my liberty at the base gokart track. I figured that was the best way to stay out of trouble. As I look back 35 or so years later, it was a wise decision.