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This is a hard one. You really need to go to another country and spend a couple days hanging out on base and seeing how they do things. Obviously, travel is expensive and you may not have other p...
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2019-12-20T00:40:38Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T10:58:12Z (about 5 years ago)
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This is a hard one. You really need to go to another country and spend a couple days hanging out on base and seeing how they do things. Obviously, travel is expensive and you may not have other plans in the near future to go. But, aside from that, this is not something you can just do. It's not like asking a doctor friend to let you shadow her for a day so you can learn about hospital work (and even that has privacy issues to work around). **Second best choice:** documentaries, home movies taken by soldiers, and books (both nonfiction and fiction). **Close third best choice:** talking with soldiers from other countries. **Really the very best choice:** All of the above. Okay, you can't really shadow a soldier from another country, but you can probably [visit her on base](https://seasonedspouse.com/visit-a-military-base/), see where she lives, shop at the commissary, eat at the mess. Some of it at least. Most bases in the US allow visitors to the housing areas, to a degree. ([This article](https://seasonedspouse.com/visit-a-military-base/) also has some good descriptions of life on a base...not that all active duty military live on base.)
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2019-02-22T05:16:01Z (almost 6 years ago)
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