The U.S. military has turned to the private sector to renovate or replace inadequate base housing in an effort to recruit and retain more of the all-volunteer force. o More than half of the 1.2 million enlisted personnel in today's military forces are married. o With approximately 270,000 housing units, base housing accommodates only about one-third of military families, who otherwise use their housing allowances in local communities. o Military families may wait two to four years to get into base housing. The armed forces have undertaken a $7 billion effort to upgrade military housing nationwide. A 1996 law is...