No, offer free anything and people are going to wait in line for it.
The military offers all kinds of benefits for its members. BAH housing assistance, child care, medical and dental benefits, moving allowance up to 100% of the costs.
This was a classic hit piece by NBC......
Also, according to my brothers and sisters, all vets, stuff on base is cheaper than elsewhere.
Our son-in-law enlisted after marriage and birth of their first child. His LT called him in to “counsel” him about the benefits available to soldiers with families. The LT knew neither our son-in-law nor our daughter had signed up for food stamps nor WIC. Our daughter was livid. Her comment was we feed our child! Yeah, we drive an older used car and defer some things we would like to have, ie big screen TV’s, but we take care of our child. Our daughter thought the whole thing was insulting and intrusive.