One of the first things I learned as a young soldier is that the army would provide all the discomfort neccessary. There was no reason for you to add to this yourself.
LOL! If the SF dining hall was army 'discomfort', what was comfort?
Well,IF I remember correctly,we didn't even have waitresses until I went to VN,never mind maids. The damn camp cook wouldn't even get out of bed to cook us steaks at night unless we had just been pulled out of the jungle! If we were hungry after midnight or so and the NCO club at the camp was closed,we either had to raid our teamhouse refrigerators or go hungry until morning! I know,I know. That's hard to believe,but why do you think so many people say "War is heck!"