SPC Stephen Bobchin 36639 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In my relatively short time in the military, I've noticed a number of things, but one that always annoyed me was the differences between single and married soldiers' treatment, primarily when it comes to housing.  I understand completely that soldiers with families need more room, and this isn't about that.  Its more along the lines of why are soldiers in the barracks treated more like children than married people of the same rank?  We have barracks inspections quite frequently as single soldiers, but I've only seen a housing inspection happen once my entire time in.  Married soldiers can have an entire room in their house devoted to various alcoholic beverages as well, but in many duty stations, single soldiers are limited in what they can store in their rooms, sometimes limited to only a 6 pack of beer.  Then there is the fact that single soldiers are baby-sat by CQ (which I believe causes more problems than it fixes, but thats a topic for another day)<div><br></div><div>So in essence, why the inequality?</div> Why are Single Soldiers treated Differently than Married. 2014-01-11T23:41:12-05:00 SPC Stephen Bobchin 36639 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In my relatively short time in the military, I've noticed a number of things, but one that always annoyed me was the differences between single and married soldiers' treatment, primarily when it comes to housing.  I understand completely that soldiers with families need more room, and this isn't about that.  Its more along the lines of why are soldiers in the barracks treated more like children than married people of the same rank?  We have barracks inspections quite frequently as single soldiers, but I've only seen a housing inspection happen once my entire time in.  Married soldiers can have an entire room in their house devoted to various alcoholic beverages as well, but in many duty stations, single soldiers are limited in what they can store in their rooms, sometimes limited to only a 6 pack of beer.  Then there is the fact that single soldiers are baby-sat by CQ (which I believe causes more problems than it fixes, but thats a topic for another day)<div><br></div><div>So in essence, why the inequality?</div> Why are Single Soldiers treated Differently than Married. 2014-01-11T23:41:12-05:00 2014-01-11T23:41:12-05:00 2014-01-11T23:41:12-05:00