I was fortunate enough to have been a DO in the RN before moving to the RAF where one of my sqn secondary duties was as Flt Cdr to a 3 storey barrack block (90+ airmen). I think it helped me do a better job as there was a greater willingness to go in to bat on behalf of "my guys".
It also gave me a riposte later in my career when, as a Sqn Ldr, my then Rock Ape Wg Cdr boss told me I had not experience of command as he had, commanding a sqn of N (where N is a positive integer). I just pointed out "Sir, I have had had had bigger flts."