As it happens not everything is better in the US Armed Forces. I seem to remember that if, for some peculiar reason, one wanted to holiday at an RAF station other than one's own, one could book a room, pay the appropriate cheap rate and stay as long as required without any aggro. I tried this at Hickam AFB, Hawaiaiaiaiaiaia (sp?) for a few days while exchanging some moons ago but had to check out every morning and queue to find out if I could get a bed for that night. Maybe it was a supply and demand thing but it was a real pain.