Except for our Moonlight Requistioning.....facilitated by 16 Chinooks at hand....you are right. Our PX...as it was called...had a very good selection of....empty shelves. Flush toilets? Running water? Hot shower?
After eleven months...got to Sydney for R&R. First order of business was simply a hot shower, steak and eggs, strong drink....a real bed.
Now the Air Force....that was another story! Pizza parlours, cafeterias, proper BX's with shelves of neat kit. A/C and hot running water, flush toilets...they knew how to live in a combat zone.