By the way, TV and minibars in barracks is not exactly new, we had beer machines in the barracks during the Vietnam war, and as far as I know GI's have TVs in their barracks rooms, and I know they do in the dayrooms where the pool tables are.
I also know that German Special ops had bars in their barracks, as did the French Special ops and the Germans had TV's in that dayroom/bar.
In the 1980s. The Germans would get beer delivered to them in the field, the French had the bar/canteen tent with them in the field, it is how europeans do it.
how many realize that in a lifespan we’ve gone from where troops performed the catering and the cleanup to where commercial establishments furnish KP and laundry.