In many ways you are right. In the RN we have the benefit of not being posted away from our families and are pretty much stable. I think the last statistic stated that 70% of the RN owned their own homes. Sadly the Army and RAF cannot afford that.
I would argue against derricks point though...
So private Smith buys a house, not being brilliant with money he has his home grabbed back by the building society.
When and who was the last serviceman to have his home repossessed? Do you know the name and if possibe the year that it happened?