Point oneagree , I ' ve been talking about a CAC based meal deduction plan for years . Problem I see is the same problem DFACs have . They get X amount of dollars for Y amount of meals eaten based on previous month . It ' s a terrible circular system that leads to worse and worse food . We need cooks to be actively employed because one day we will fight someone where we can ' t take civilians at the rate we have and will hey will have to do their jobs . In my perfect scenario we would use a point based system like colleges and everyone would have to buy in . Married soldiers or onpost which I ' ll discuss later have a mandatory 20 meal points and would get 23 rds the current BAS , Onpost would get 40 and 13 BAS . The idea is all soldiers eat one meal a work week in the DFAC lunch then because they are in close proximity normally at more times onpost will eat twice a day during the work week . Everyone gets free meal . Then if you go more than that it ' ll pull from your next EOM LES . More people would eat at the DFAC , which would improve meals , which would inturn bring more people . Second point Did you include the common area as your living area ? I would , those areas are included in SQ feet on all other housing . The army is a slow machine and it seems to be going in the right direction , it wasn ' t that long ago 2009 we were 2 to a room and one kitchen per floor . Some places still are The army has to complete the current upgrade and wear out before they will move on . I don ' t agree with your proposal but I also don ' t disagree , I just don ' t see any amount of coming together or backlash that ' ll achieve your goal . Third point Disagree anytime you put massive amounts of people in a confined situation the rules in place end up being established . They are what stop crazy things from happening . Crazy things still happen but repercussions also happen . College dorms are the first thing that come to my mind . Are these rules appropriate for a soldier who has been in say 5 years and have promoted up and as you said needs to develop , no but I will address this later . Forth point Partially disagree , Inspections happen , onpost housing , offpost , anywhere but should they be able to roll in anytime day or night like knock knock mother fucker freedom ' s here ? NO , they should happen with 24 hrs to a weeks notice . Any time they want to check for contraband , yes garrison commander approval andor MPs with reasonable suspicion or a warrant . Fifth point severity of punishment should not hinge on whether or not someone is married . This is a leadership issue , Restriction should not be removed from Article 15 punishment . No where does it say punishment should take into account marital status . If you have PROOF your command is not enforcing , or giving out , restriction to married soldiers , there are options , from IG to open door policying your way up the chain . Last point I agree , once a soldier hits 5 years they should be eligible to receive without dependents rate , but there needs to be a way to restrict this . There are shitty people that , even a 23 andor 5 years in , shouldn ' t be allowed out and on their own . There are married people too but they often get figured out and have command down their necks and other problems . I think the approval authority for said ETP in this dream scenario should be an uninterested party of a high rank , I . E . Post level legal . I should have to go through the process of an award , a packet justifying why they want to deny the BAH has to be put together and signed by their CO , then it ' s sent to Batt , then to BDE , then if after all that it gets approved it ' s then sent to the final approval and if approved then they stay in the barracks . This filter out anyone who thinks no Joe can be trusted . There would have to be fairly concrete evidence that this soldier can ' t function and has proven he needs to stay under watch . Other than that they should have the option of staying in the barracks i know right ? or moving out . The idea of for pay barracks is already here for some at Ft Drum , they are quite full but the rent is based on rank just like the housing . I have a CW 2 buddy who pays more for his APT than I do , as an married E 5 and we have basically the same house onpost , upstairs 2 bedroom APT . His is smaller SQft about 100 wise but is nicer and newer . I live in a APT that is past is use and that ' s why I don ' t pay full BAH . I will commend you on being the first person I ' ve ever seen or heard that put together a rational complaint but had , for the most part feasible solutions , and can articulate them . This would be the first and biggest step toward actual change . 99 % of the time the issued raised by the single soldier comes of as whining , which no one takes seriously , like the Occupy wall street movement . Edit formatting