From: madass@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article ,   
   woodchuck@wouldchuck.com says...   
      
   >I don't mean formal leave when they can leave   
   >town, but simply the hours they can spend in adjoining communities haunting   
   >watering holes, visiting girlfriends, or doing whatever else strikes their   
   >fancy?   
   >   
   >Woody   
      
   You're confusing "basic training" with regular military   
   duties. The military is like any other organization   
   when it comes to work and non-work hours and what the   
   people can do with their non-work hours. Very few   
   military live "on base" these days. The exception of   
   course is when a navy ship is at sea and the sailors   
   are confined to the ship unless in port. Otherwise   
   a military man or woman with family spends as much time   
   with their family as someone in civilian life, for the   
   most part.   
      
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