Military officers' club

[3] Maintaining the separation between officers and enlisted personnel is difficult in the remote places where military bases are built and battles are fought.

There are few commercial recreational opportunities, and the financial resources of a few officers cannot match income possibilities these businesses realize from the larger number of enlisted personnel ready to pay for food, drinks, and sexual companionship.

Some served meals as an alternative to the rigid schedule and customs of the mess, and a few clubs on the larger bases hired musical entertainment during their busier hours.

United States military policy changes in response to political criticism included discouraging alcohol consumption and opening the officers' clubs to enlisted personnel.

Many officers' clubs closed as they became unable to compete with civilian restaurants after a sharp decline in revenue from alcoholic drink sales.

This 1944 officers' club was a bar for off-duty officers of the VII Amphibious Force ships. Despite its primitive appearance, the breeze off Yos Sudarso Bay brought relief from the smells and insects ashore.