Bases, Military: Life on
Bases, Military: Life on.At 0600 hours (6:00 A.M.) on most U.S. military bases around the world, people are stirred from sleep by the muffled, deep‐throated boom of a cannon and a rousing wake‐up Reveille. Although some residents have been on duty during the night, the majority are now beginning their day. Junior enlisted personnel and their noncommissioned officers soon head for some form of physical exercise, to be followed by showers, breakfast, and a day filled with varied training experiences.
Enter that base through one of its several, often guarded, gates and you enter a world very different from civilian life and community. Certainly, it has changed over the years, but it still represents one of the earliest and most comprehensive examples of planned communities in the United States. Just as in Reston, Virginia, or Columbia, Maryland, on a military base you can work, play, shop, give birth, and bank in the place where you live. But there...
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