What is life in the enlisted barracks like in the US Army?

To put it simply.... Shenanigans.

Oh god... Ill put it this way. I went to a few frat parties when I came home during my time in service and not once did I feel like I was in over my head when it came to the party life. I could drink more in larger quantities and in a shorter amount of time. I could puke, rally and keep drinking. I could smoke 1-2 packs of cigarettes in that night. My pick up game was stronger and I was almost automatically the alpha male of the party. I had been punched in the face and stabbed in the arm by good friends of mine so college kids were no problem. I will say this though. Your leadership will tell you a lot of things that you don't listen to, its natural. But when they say no women in the barracks trust that their advice is coming from a place that is looking out for you.

After Basic/AIT, it depends on exactly where you're at and your unit's command policies. I lived in the barracks in Germany & at Ft Riley; the rooms were dorm style with 1-2 Soldiers in each room (although at Ft Riley it was up to 4 when the unit was over-strengthed).
In Germany, there was a small kitchen on the end of each floor but at Riley your options were no-cook/microwave food (no hotplates allowed) or the chow hall. All the rooms I lived in had a latrine with each room or two rooms would share one. Some, though, had a "common" latrine/shower room in the middle of the building.
As for barracks life, it wasn't bad by any means. PT/personal hygiene/barracks cleaning in the morning, then at night after duty you're pretty well on your own. Several of us would often hang out in someone's room talking; watching movies and/or playing video games. In the States, Soldiers who were over 21 were allowed to drink alcohol (per Command policy).
Yes, there definitely are shenanigans - which is to be expected with young Soldiers and time on their hands.

I can assure you far more spacious than their equal in enlisted berthing aboard ship :)

(Sorry to all my "Green" friends...just couldn't pass it up)

In all seriousness though...you're sure to get good answers from RP's current and former active duty Soldiers.

I go back to early 60's in the old WWII barracks with the "mirror floors", so it was a different world....and if I were to go on there would be too many "no shit" paragraphs...LOL

I wish I knew as well! In my day, the enlisted Barracks was quite different. At Graphenwor we slept in BAYS! In Garrison we shared smaller rooms but 2 to 6 to a room. We had one Latrine per floor and they were community Showers, Toilets, Urinals. I did not have my Own room until I was Senior Staff Sergeant and then I was told I needed to move off Post so my room could go to a junior enlisted person. My daughters (and son in laws) serve / served in a much different army living situation than i. 2 Pvts to a Room with a kitchenette and serperate latrines! My goodness I was and E8(P) and my bath was only a half bath (in Korea) I had to shower in a multi stall shower.

So I dont know, I think maybe it is too nice at times.

Just my thinking... The Conditions I had, I was grateful for after field training exercises. I wonder if todays soldiers feel the same.

~ole Sarge~

Better than what I had in the '70's.

Luckily for you ,far,far better than what young enlisted faced back in the sixties and that's the 1960s not the 1860s as a lot of you young whipper snappers are thinking !

Embrace the suck...enjoy every minute of it because even if it sucks it will be a time in your life you will look back on with good and bad memories and will define and make you who you will be down the road. You will make lifelong friends as well because you are all going through the same thing.

Great, you'll have the CQ tell you when Lights Out, and when it's First Call. And, you might just get to be the CQ runner all night.