The very next day I walked in to a hadquarters site (name withheld to protect the guilty). I was checked at the gate by a service policeman - no problem there.
I then, wearing civilian clothes, I wandered into the building I was looking for but no one around. Eventually I found a civilian who suggested I try a different building. I bimbled over there and a helpful SNCO searched the base directory for the person I was looking for. No luck. I wandered back to the original building, tried the second floor and asked another civilian who suggested the ground floor.
More bimbling and I stumbled into the right office. While there an 'escort only' visitor was escorted out [mm if they had taken their tag off they could have gone unescorted].
I then bimbled across to another building and this time thought it was unnecssary to disturb the guard (civilian) and bimbled up stairs.
Finally, as I was leaving I got lost. A helpful civilian pointed me in the right direction.
I bimbled out never once having been asked who I was, what I was doing, or if I had a pass. Other than the guard on the gate that was it.
The underlying problem is the place is full of civilians even though it is a miliary headquarters. I have tighter security at home!