For many people, moving to NYC/LA is not the end-all. That said, I think times are changing. As we become more urban/suburban, the notion of living in the mid

For many people, moving to NYC/LA is not the end-all. That said, I think times are changing. As we become more urban/suburban, the notion of living in the middle of the desert has less appeal, I should admit. But for many folk, it's not a problem, or, it should be an adventure in itself. As the commenter above states, it can get dry and boring, but I'd hope that the combination of maturity and 'sense of duty' help prevail over that. Maybe the entire US Army / Forces should re-oriented how they move people around. Maybe they should try to have multifaceted bases instead of having to move people around constantly. Maybe 1 year long deployments can be broken up with bits of vacation and rest (that might have operational benefits as well). Maybe they should beef up their bases near urban areas. Toronto had a massive airport sized base, they closed it and it's now civilian. They should have kept it, it was big enough for a lot of kinds of training, and it could have allowed way more forces people to be in Toronto, the big city of Canada.