A lot of interesting comments and reminiscences - I would add that in my time in the RNZAF, Happy Hour in the Officers' Mess was often used by the PMC to announce - informally - promotions and postings, as well as hatches, matches and dispatches, to the rest of the officers (with copncomittant rounds of free drinks). But that was in the days when officers were expected to attend happy hour...
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