Generally E-5 and up get to live out in town, and E-4 can as well depending on barracks occupancy rate and seniority. I never lived in a barracks in CONUS after I hit E-5. My last tour in Japan I had a barracks room like is shown here all to myself, but I _could_ have lived out in town if I wanted to. It wasn't financially worth it because unlike stateside, where your housing allowance might (or might not) be more than your housing cost, overseas housing allowance is tied to your rent, so you get enough to cover rent, and that is it.
That is an impressive room for a BEQ. The last time I had to stay (TAD orders) in a BEQ, we slept 4 to a room with a common bathroom, and that was in 1982-1983. I retired as an HM1 in 1992.
Damn, nice room. Marine here from 85-95. Way larger and nicer than what we had. E4's and below were usually 3 to a single room which wasn't too much bigger than the bedrooms here. No kitchen and common laundry for everyone in the barracks. Tile hallways for fun buffing and waxing adventures on field day.
Because USAF "deployments" are to Arkansas. Apparently you've never had to share a head with 75-100 people. Those rooms are presidential suites compared to USN berthings. Many such cases, very sad.
All these Air Force cats on here talking about how E4 and up live off post. Good for you I'd expect nothing less lets be real you're basically DOD civilians. Anyways, I was Army, just seeing how the Navy lives. Good lookin barracks.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was Army Feb 2012-June 2018. Same back at ya man. I was just curious about how the navy lives when not at sea. Wasn't sure if you like, lived on the ship full time or what.
When I was active in the coast guard, petty officer barracks rooms had queen sized racks and a head in your room. however we didn’t have kitchen spaces.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 six. We were stacked up like firewood. The command was giving BAQ and VHA to E2s to go live out in town. I don't want to sound like one of those "kids today don't know how good they got it" old farts but a lot of the on base housing hadn't been built yet. The NEX and housing complex around Radford Drive was primitive compared to now, I think most of it dated to WW2 or the early 50s. We we're barracked in the old base hospital where the sub piers galley is now or in the tower. Lockwood Hall and the small hi-rise was BOQ. You just got used to living like a sardine and hoped you didn't get stuck with some weirdo who didn't believe in deodorant or a chronic masturbator in your room (both happened to buddies of mine). You made room dividers from blankets and jumped in your car and went off base every chance you got. I'm probably making it sound worse than it was, we were just better at getting along with groups of people back then. More of us grew up in big families with smaller houses and were used to sharing a living space. This was almost 30 years ago. I'd hate to have to live that way now, but it's amazing what you can get used to, especially if you've been on a ship.
Texas Red Wow.. you just made me realize how good I had it. It’s always good to hear stories about veterans and what they had to go through. Thank you for you service!!
@@mikloridden8276 I will gladly sacrifice that pay temporarily to live in a lot better living conditions and not have to be a prisoner on some battleship with 6' by 3' personal space.
@@mikloridden8276 Never been to those locations. Spent my time in Germany, England, Spain, Japan, and finally retired in Ohio. Altus, Minot are places where you make the most of it. On solid land and I bet they have great facilities.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 The rooms were 20x20 in an old german barracks. One week we had a warm spell, in January 1992 that shut off the heat due to how warm it was. The next week it got down into the teens and we had to wait a few days of cold before the heat would turn on again. We ended up getting heaters and the same was going on in housing. You should have seen the wives screaming.
Thanks for the videos its really helping me out alot because im in the process of joining the navy and you answered a lot of the questions i wanted answer but i have a few more questions i would like to ask you
Man no problem i watched all your videos , you helping me just as much as I’m helping you , but my question is do you have to pick between the post 9/11 bill and the Montgomery bill
@@mikegordon3835 good question. You could actually get both. The MGIB then switch over to the post 9 11 GI Bill for an additional 12 months. I currently have the MGIB thats what most people in bootcamp get. Im not sure exactly how it works trying to use both but i can find out more for you.
I was in a P3 squadron. Home ported at NAS Barbers point and the barracks there in the 80's weren't bad. 2 to a room. Deployments were another thing. Deployed to Diego Garcia. 4 to a room and no A/C. Then deployed to Adak, Alaska, where it was 6 to a room for E-1 to E-5, E-6-E9 were 2 to a room. And all the rooms were crap!! Of course station personnel got the Condo-like apartments the navy built there.
Hi 👋 Dave I am a little confused 🤷♀️. I don’t know where to start looking for the right answer without getting in trouble.... Ehhh not looking for that. Maybe some advice would help. Could you get in trouble if you rent a car or U haul to come back from first duty station to move family over or the military will help do all that? About how long after going to new duty station could I have family move over to on or off base housing? So far orders are 3 days on 4 days off (unless it changes) could I use those off days to come back to do moving or they will give me time for that? Thank you very much for any advice in advance 🙏
Aim33 wonghuan9 you can move your family with you as soon as you get to your first station. I’m not sure if the military move your family or he first time from your home of record but I know for sure every move after that they will pay for your move everywhere. And no you will not get in trouble if you rent a Uhaul and move them yourself.
The Official Dave Harris I was told we Can’t be 30 or 50 miles or more away from duty station currently stationed at Norfolk, VA. Might need to have family take plane over to first duty station from home of record which is NJ & then if & when moving to 2nd duty station there after can move together with help from the military? The housing part is always helped out by the military besides other necessities? Thank you 😊
I’ve seen single E5 stay in the barracks but we try to get them to move out so that we would have space for the junior sailors. But some plays E5s can’t stay on base. It all depends on the base.
I never served.but from what I read I heard the Marines have to put up with sub standard accommodation ..compared with the navy. Is that true? However I do believe that my grandfather who was a 3rd class during the Korean conflict would have been amazed at the living standard now. God Bless!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 ,i meet someone through dating site ,he work as us navy,deployed in nigeria, he is asking me for$150 for the form..dont hve in idea wht kind of form is that..he was said that if hed deploy,then its compulsory for a woman to pay before he meet me.obviously i dont believed..you hve an idea?
Room inspection as a Petty Office is bullshit. Off base living doesn't have twice a week room inspections. On base housing as a Petty Officer with your dependants doesnt have twice a week room inspection.
@@Itsfatoumataa i joined the navy April 3rd 2013 as a E1 i made E5 May 2016, so it took 3 years to make E5. But i passed my test first try both of them.
Looks like a old used hotel eww you guys deserve better than this. see the reality of our military is this... WE the people who serve are serving the corperations, big companies who use the free-market that we protect and assist with. where is our royalties? where is equal access to new higher quality products? ever wonder these things? do you not think it is such a noble thing to do is volunteer to serve and you get low quality basic standard living and eating? do not deserve better? did you volunteer to go to prison? because that's how you are bing treated!
Thanks for answering, just wondering cuz Im a EM in A School ( Great Lakes aka GREAT MISTAKES ) but I haven’t got my orders yet so im just wondering where I’ll be going soon so I wondered which barracks these were.
RONALD JOHNSON lmao@ great mistakes. Yeah San Diego bade is nice hopefully you can get orders here it’s a lot to do in San Diego. I didn’t like Norfolk va as much I know a lot of people that went there first duty station.
This is 5-star luxury compared to what we had when I was in. Where are the bunk beds and your roommates?
A school still has the bunk beds I got 4 other roommates all in one room
They have their own room.
John Doe we sure did.
Generally E-5 and up get to live out in town, and E-4 can as well depending on barracks occupancy rate and seniority. I never lived in a barracks in CONUS after I hit E-5. My last tour in Japan I had a barracks room like is shown here all to myself, but I _could_ have lived out in town if I wanted to. It wasn't financially worth it because unlike stateside, where your housing allowance might (or might not) be more than your housing cost, overseas housing allowance is tied to your rent, so you get enough to cover rent, and that is it.
Thank you for the info!
That is an impressive room for a BEQ. The last time I had to stay (TAD orders) in a BEQ, we slept 4 to a room with a common bathroom, and that was in 1982-1983. I retired as an HM1 in 1992.
Thank you for your service! That was a long time ago I know things have change a lot since then.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Thank you for that. It was my service bookended by 2 conflicts, with a barracks bombing in between.
Damn, nice room. Marine here from 85-95. Way larger and nicer than what we had. E4's and below were usually 3 to a single room which wasn't too much bigger than the bedrooms here. No kitchen and common laundry for everyone in the barracks. Tile hallways for fun buffing and waxing adventures on field day.
Thank you for your service. Man that suck. E4s got it good no a days!
Them Navy barracks look for an officer look pretty decent / neat
The Queen 1999 these barracks are decent there just a little older than most. The newer barracks room are a lot nicer.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I wanna join the Navy buy my ass can not swim !😂😂😂
Everything is mass produced, feels like an economy motel. But clean.
You are exactly right.
These barracks are like our E3 and below dorms here in the airforce, E4 and above get BAH and move off base, still pretty neat tho!
The Storm Drumer oh really. Air Force is where it’s at then.
@rishi pael oh ok
Because USAF "deployments" are to Arkansas. Apparently you've never had to share a head with 75-100 people. Those rooms are presidential suites compared to USN berthings. Many such cases, very sad.
Then you got us Marines with some E5s sharing a shitty room with another E3, one single room 😂
So jealous. I was in ‘74-‘89. Our accommodations were very very basic you people are so fortunate
Yes we are blessed🙏🏾
In 73 I lived in a barracks at an RAF base in Scotland that was from WW II. those were the days.
Damn that was some time ago. I know things changed a lot. Thank you for your service!
All these Air Force cats on here talking about how E4 and up live off post. Good for you I'd expect nothing less lets be real you're basically DOD civilians. Anyways, I was Army, just seeing how the Navy lives. Good lookin barracks.
🤣🤣 you ain’t lying!! When did you serve and thank you for your service!!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was Army Feb 2012-June 2018. Same back at ya man. I was just curious about how the navy lives when not at sea. Wasn't sure if you like, lived on the ship full time or what.
Just one of those bedrooms was bigger than the captains cabin on the ships I served in.
Yes they really are.
I Woke Up Thinking “It’s Military Monday”
Ayee preshate the love!!! Every monday you can expect a video. If you have and questions about the navy just let me know.
The Official Dave Harris I’m Guessing You’re In San Diego.. Can You Make Like A Vlog Showing What The Base Is Like & Things You Can Do While There
@@michaelhouse8990yes im in san Diego and of course i can.
When I was active in the coast guard, petty officer barracks rooms had queen sized racks and a head in your room. however we didn’t have kitchen spaces.
That’s sounds nice. When did you serve?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 2008-2019
@@knightchef thank you for your service!
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Jerome Dingle thank you for watching my guy. I really appreciate the comment.
The Official Dave Harris no problem g stay up! 💯
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When you showed the kitchen I almost turned it off. lol
A kitchen.
If we had gotten caught with a toaster oven it would have been our asses. lol
Lol..they got it made here. There own rooms a kitchen and wisher and dryers! Must be nice!
Dam better than living off base. Navy has improved alot since I was in back 90 to 96 DC3 SW 👍🇺🇸. Can you bring the honeys to stay the night 🤔
40thStangGT thank you for your service. I’m sure the barracks look rough back then.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 very rough
40thStangGT what base were you stationed at?
Yea thank you fo yo service cuz
Shannon Parker thank you!!
Thank God I'm out the military. I remember the barracks they were ok.
Wow i wish i had this. All i had was extra large room as an E5. Times have change indeed.
WOW!!!!!! Living like a king.
Christ it's like a palace compared with Pearl back in 1990. Also missing from this: your 5 roommates.
Texas Red that’s crazy y’all really have 5 people in a room together?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 six.
We were stacked up like firewood. The command was giving BAQ and VHA to E2s to go live out in town. I don't want to sound like one of those "kids today don't know how good they got it" old farts but a lot of the on base housing hadn't been built yet. The NEX and housing complex around Radford Drive was primitive compared to now, I think most of it dated to WW2 or the early 50s. We we're barracked in the old base hospital where the sub piers galley is now or in the tower. Lockwood Hall and the small hi-rise was BOQ. You just got used to living like a sardine and hoped you didn't get stuck with some weirdo who didn't believe in deodorant or a chronic masturbator in your room (both happened to buddies of mine). You made room dividers from blankets and jumped in your car and went off base every chance you got. I'm probably making it sound worse than it was, we were just better at getting along with groups of people back then. More of us grew up in big families with smaller houses and were used to sharing a living space. This was almost 30 years ago. I'd hate to have to live that way now, but it's amazing what you can get used to, especially if you've been on a ship.
Texas Red Wow.. you just made me realize how good I had it. It’s always good to hear stories about veterans and what they had to go through. Thank you for you service!!
I can's believe a room with a kitchen, even a washer and dryer. Beats 1960-80 enlisted housing below cheifs.
Thank you for your service I know the navy is totally different from when you were in.
Thank you for your service oohrah
Thank you for watching!
This is how our dorms were for E3 and below in the Air Force. Once you hit E4 you can live off base.
lucky you
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Dont worry to hit E4 in the AF its gonna be 3 years lol. At least navy can request to live off.
@@mikloridden8276 I will gladly sacrifice that pay temporarily to live in a lot better living conditions and not have to be a prisoner on some battleship with 6' by 3' personal space.
@@bengaljam4550 Not all of us are on ships ya know. If I were at least im not in minot or altus ! Checkmate Airperson!
@@mikloridden8276 Never been to those locations. Spent my time in Germany, England, Spain, Japan, and finally retired in Ohio. Altus, Minot are places where you make the most of it. On solid land and I bet they have great facilities.
Just made that sweet Petty Officer Second Class!!!!
goodwind3190 congratulations now you can get that check!! And get BAH
Jesus Christ! Navy E5's get their own washer/dryer? Heck, that's almost better than receiving BAH.
This is for E4 and some E3.
When I was an e4 back in the days we used to bunk in pares living like shit in the ARMY.
that sucks its better now.
Interesting to see the closet doors had card locks on them too...
Yeah I never seen that before.
Don't ask don't tell
Fox that fucking smoke detector!
Lol
Edgar navy barrack room tour
Crap, I can remember 4 to a room in the army at first, then it went down to 2. Then as an NCO it was in the same barracks, but we got our own rooms.
Damn 4 to a room that’s rough!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 The rooms were 20x20 in an old german barracks. One week we had a warm spell, in January 1992 that shut off the heat due to how warm it was. The next week it got down into the teens and we had to wait a few days of cold before the heat would turn on again. We ended up getting heaters and the same was going on in housing. You should have seen the wives screaming.
Same exact army Barracks except no wash and dryer
Oh really?
Great video
Thank you so much🤙
Thanks for the videos its really helping me out alot because im in the process of joining the navy and you answered a lot of the questions i wanted answer but i have a few more questions i would like to ask you
Thank you so much for watching and of course ask me anything?
Man no problem i watched all your videos , you helping me just as much as I’m helping you , but my question is do you have to pick between the post 9/11 bill and the Montgomery bill
@@mikegordon3835 good question. You could actually get both. The MGIB then switch over to the post 9 11 GI Bill for an additional 12 months. I currently have the MGIB thats what most people in bootcamp get. Im not sure exactly how it works trying to use both but i can find out more for you.
I know alot about the two bills already i did research so my next question would be do you have to pick one of the bills in basic training?
@@mikegordon3835 yes we all had to pick the MGIB. Which we paid $100 for 12 months.
Looks great
Not bad at all
Getting stationed in Virginia soon ABH3
joshua allen good luck I didn’t like Virginia too much it wasn’t much to do.
Your CO2 sensor needs a new battery
Brandon M. Yeah it’s the smoke detector.
I was in a P3 squadron. Home ported at NAS Barbers point and the barracks there in the 80's weren't bad. 2 to a room.
Deployments were another thing. Deployed to Diego Garcia. 4 to a room and no A/C. Then deployed to Adak, Alaska, where it was 6 to a room for E-1 to E-5, E-6-E9 were 2 to a room. And all the rooms were crap!! Of course station personnel got the Condo-like apartments the navy built there.
Man thank you for your service I know things have changed a lot since then.
Usually do the two roommates deploy at the same time? Or are there times where one of them gets the barrack to himself?
A lot of times one gets the whole room by there self. But we try to put people in the same command together but it dose t always work out like that.
Can you do a video on explaing on what is BAH and more in depth or how it works
Justin Taylor that a good one. Ok I’ll do a video about BAH down the line.
Hi 👋 Dave
I am a little confused 🤷♀️. I don’t know where to start looking for the right answer without getting in trouble.... Ehhh not looking for that. Maybe some advice would help. Could you get in trouble if you rent a car or U haul to come back from first duty station to move family over or the military will help do all that? About how long after going to new duty station could I have family move over to on or off base housing? So far orders are 3 days on 4 days off (unless it changes) could I use those off days to come back to do moving or they will give me time for that? Thank you very much for any advice in advance 🙏
Aim33 wonghuan9 you can move your family with you as soon as you get to your first station. I’m not sure if the military move your family or he first time from your home of record but I know for sure every move after that they will pay for your move everywhere. And no you will not get in trouble if you rent a Uhaul and move them yourself.
The Official Dave Harris
I was told we Can’t be 30 or 50 miles or more away from duty station currently stationed at Norfolk, VA. Might need to have family take plane over to first duty station from home of record which is NJ & then if & when moving to 2nd duty station there after can move together with help from the military? The housing part is always helped out by the military besides other necessities?
Thank you 😊
Aim33 wonghuan9 yes the military will help with housing. Seems like you have everything figured out!!
Is it mandatory for PO2s to move out of the barracks and off base even if they are single? Can they choose to remain in the barracks as E-5s and 6s?
I’ve seen single E5 stay in the barracks but we try to get them to move out so that we would have space for the junior sailors. But some plays E5s can’t stay on base. It all depends on the base.
dude! yes, there is better and more space than in my apartment
Should have indicated what barracks on what nase
I will remember that next barracks tour video.
If you spent time in the military you already know what kind of people are on shaving profile.......nuff said.
moppyflow7 black people?
The Official Dave Harris that’s racist.
moppyflow7 I was asking if that’s what you meant.
The Official Dave Harris that is not what I meant. People of all colors were on shaving profile when I was in the army.
Petty Officer Barracks start at E-4 correct?
alina correct it starts at E4
I have a question, what is your job in the navy? Not sure if I missed it or noti n one of the videos
Barbosa706 IM a Culinary Specialist (cook)
I heard that if I have my AA I would start out as an E3 is that true?
Barbosa706 that’s true just make sure you give your recruiter a copy of your transcript and let them know up front.
what’s an aa?
Jackson Smith associates in arts degree
Would you say, over half the time an E4 is living in the barracks, or is it more often then not they live on their own?
Depending on your command & duty station E3 up can get bah
True!
Yeah I knew a lot of Seabees that got BAH they were E3
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 A lot of aviation commands are the same way
I never served.but from what I read I heard the Marines have to put up with sub standard accommodation ..compared with the navy. Is that true? However I do believe that my grandfather who was a 3rd class during the Korean conflict would have been amazed at the living standard now. God Bless!
How many weeks is navy boot camp?
Able to join the navy. Prior service here. Since I am an e4 In the army, is it true my rank will convert over ?
Dennie Glover I was told it would but you should definitely contact a recruiter to get a definite answer.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Will do. I heard I would come in as a petty office third class.
Dennie Glover yep that’s a E4 in the navy.
Where is this ?
I retired in 99. Times certainly have changed. What base is this?
Thank you for your service and it’s NAB in San Diego
Is the bed bolted down or can you move it away from the wall?
Brett Harrison it’s bolted down.
Will you need to move often? Or will this always be your home?
You will move if you go to a new command on another base.
Can geobach PO1 stay in something like this?
Yeas they can. I have a couple of chiefs and PO1s living in these barracks.
Is this at NASNI?
Is this on Coronado ??
Great Mistakes yes sir
Do MA get deployed a lot? and can i graduate a school as an E4 if i make top of class
Jackson Smith not much most of there time is on shore. Yes you can graduate as a E4 if you are top of your class.
Which base is this??
NAB Coronado
Would SEALs live in these as E4/5's?
To be honest idk where the seals would stay when they are out of training school. I know some might live of base if they have BAH
Can you hang posters or pictures on the bulkhead?
CYCOlogist yes you can just use tape. You can’t nail pictures to the wall.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Comand stirps.
CYCOlogist yes command strips will work.
Sir!hve you ever been assigned in nigeria?
Coney Quiamjot no I haven’t why?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 ,i meet someone through dating site ,he work as us navy,deployed in nigeria, he is asking me for$150 for the form..dont hve in idea wht kind of form is that..he was said that if hed deploy,then its compulsory for a woman to pay before he meet me.obviously i dont believed..you hve an idea?
Coney Quiamjot to me it seems like a scam don’t do it!!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 thnk you!
Coney Quiamjot your welcome
SECURE AND CONTAIN WE DO NOT NEED INSEPCTIONS AND REINSPECTIONS FROM CIVILIANS THAT ARE TERRORISTS
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Room inspection as a Petty Office is bullshit. Off base living doesn't have twice a week room inspections. On base housing as a Petty Officer with your dependants doesnt have twice a week room inspection.
True that. I couldn’t leave in the barracks I don’t need people inspecting my room/house.
If you're an E4 over 4 with dependents is it possible to get bah and live in town?
Torianna Jenkins some place you can. Like out here in San Diego when the barracks get full they give E4 over 4 BaH.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 even if its only for A school??
Torianna Jenkins for A school you will have to live in the barracks.
Is this in north island?
NAB
Where is this base
TheGoldenGamer6 TGG6 naval amphibious base San Diego.
What command?
Naval base coronado
Great video man, is this for E6 too or only E4/E5
Thank you and only for E4 and E5 we do not house E6.
Its rare to see a E5 in the barracks.
The Official Dave Harris ahh I see thank you 🙏
Is this on 32nd st?
Joel Reyes NAB over by Coronado
What about E-7 and above barracks?
I never seen a E7 and up barracks. Maybe overseas im not sure. Once you hit E5 you get BAH which is extra money to stay out in town.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794
Oh alright thanks for the info.
@@davidjoe9639 no problem
Will I be able to volunteer to be APOC in boot camp?
KrispyKidTay yes you can volunteer but if multiple people want that job they will have tryouts for it.
Is this north island? E-4 coming this spring. Trying to see what I should expect.
Jarrod Stone no this is the amphibious base north island barracks are a lot nicer.
The Official Dave Harris good to hear thanks
Jarrod Stone your welcome
Hey, is it hard to rank up as a CS?
No its easy to rank up as a CS. I made rank first time up for E4 and E5. There are rates out there thats a lot easier to rank up.
Ok & how long would you say it took you to get to E5?
@@Itsfatoumataa i joined the navy April 3rd 2013 as a E1 i made E5 May 2016, so it took 3 years to make E5. But i passed my test first try both of them.
Yeah
Looks like a old used hotel eww
you guys deserve better than this. see the reality of our military is this... WE the people who serve are serving the corperations, big companies who use the free-market that we protect and assist with. where is our royalties? where is equal access to new higher quality products? ever wonder these things? do you not think it is such a noble thing to do is volunteer to serve and you get low quality basic standard living and eating? do not deserve better? did you volunteer to go to prison? because that's how you are bing treated!
😅😂
This trash compared to pacific beacon.
Is that on 32nd street?
Interesting video. But stupid intro. Hated it
Thank you!!
Where is this
What base is this?
Which naval base is this?
RONALD JOHNSON it’s in San Diego
Thanks for answering, just wondering cuz Im a EM in A School ( Great Lakes aka GREAT MISTAKES ) but I haven’t got my orders yet so im just wondering where I’ll be going soon so I wondered which barracks these were.
RONALD JOHNSON lmao@ great mistakes. Yeah San Diego bade is nice hopefully you can get orders here it’s a lot to do in San Diego. I didn’t like Norfolk va as much I know a lot of people that went there first duty station.