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You're a lower enlisted. You live in an apartment complex, sharing a stairwell with 5 other lower enlisted families. One of you is tagged as stairwell coordinator. It's now your job to get everyone in that stairwell to clean the area regularly. If you fail, your boss hears about it.

You get promoted, you're now given duplex housing in the NCO housing area. You now have a yard. Your grass grows too long. The military police ticket you, and notify your supervisor.

You goto the store on post. A coworker is there. He's with some girl who isn't his wife.

You goto the dining facility. You have to go to the dining facility because your paycheck is automatically deducted $300+ a month because you are forced to have a meal card, regardless of how often you eat there.

Just a few examples from people I know. Everyone tries to get statement of non-availability so they can live off base.



A company town has no inherent need to police such vanities or moral character. It would be no worse than living somewhere with an HOA.




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