The military used the best system to meet preparedness demands , it just happened that socialism best suited the demands. Imagine a military based on individual rights and capitalism ; we would have a third world cutthroat military for sale to the highest bidder.Yep, they did the same for me in basic, AIT and in Vietnam, but when I came back, my wife and I rented an apartment in town. I never lived on base after a PCS, with one exception, they had base housing in PR for my wife and I.
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