In the AF we had mandatory fun and you had to get the required "face time" with the boss. Everyone showed up walked the chow line had one beer said Hi to the commander and the 1st shirt so he could write your name down and we then went and had a nice day.
The highlights for me where the 1st standing by the beer kegs and letting 80 guys have one beer each and leaving 2 half full kegs to pour in the garbage. Later we had a Christmas where we did the chow line and the required 1st shirt visit and went to the dorms and had a christmas party for the guys without the command staff, leaving the asshole squadron commander and friends with food and beer for 150 people and 12 of them sitting alone in the rec center,,,lol.
After the 1st shirt and commander used 1600 dollars of the squadron fund to buy themselves golf clubs for presents , the IG got us some new management.
As a mostly civilian,,,I never have been to another one of these things.