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Background of Living in Military Housing

 

As a military member, they have a chance to be with their family especially if they have children given the opportunity to live in a military housing base and the member also receive their monthly housing allowance but if a member opt to live outside the military housing then a member also continuously receive their monthly housing allowance. The monthly housing allowance of a military member is given to his dependents even if the member is not with them due to a training or a mission, to be able for his dependents to have a household and the member can live in the military barracks for free.

 

At some bases, a military member has no choice of living outside the base because the military head wants to be his members always on guard for his leadership but on the other hand some military members have a choice especially if they qualify to live in a military housing because they have their own family. Family members of a military member has the privileged of living inside the joint forces staff college even if the member is away due to a mission and if the member has a dependent even if he is divorced or single, that member still qualifies to live in the military housing.

 

Military housing have different styles wherein some housing are well constructed and designed, some need renovation or replacement, some have high condominium style while other military housing are owned by civilian companies wherein they hire contractors to build the military housing and they rent it to the military members in exchange for the monthly housing allowance. Off base military housing are not frequently inspected like living in the barracks but there is an inspector once a week to check the members' conditions if they are keeping their are neat and clean.

 

When a military member decides to live on base, he must wait for one month to one year for his military housing to be arranged and due to this situation, he must live first off base wherein the government will shoulder his expenses for living outside the camp. If a military member decides to leave the military housing at joint-forces-staff-college.com, the condition of the house must be the same as the condition when he first moved him thus he must clean the house thoroughly.

 

There are also different functional areas inside the military housing like there is commissary, schools, day care center, base exchange and youth centers for the family members. Most military members decide not to buy their own house because there is a big possibility that they will be assigned in different locations due to their missions and selling a property is not a quick transaction to deal with. For reference purposes, a related article in this affiliated site at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/off-base have provided more details about military housing.