text: Dan, to be fair, can we put more context to your description of the issue?
  
  On pay grades, an E-1 is a trainee, in boot camp, so they're not in Hawaii.  An E-3 is a PFC (private first class, Army); an E-4 is a Spec 4; an E-5 is a buck Sergeant.  An E-4 makes about  $1,800-$1,900 a month, with about $150-$200 difference on each side of the pay grade.
  
  The bulk of the people in these grades are in their 20s, single and live on base.  They usually don't have cars, so commuting to/from off base housing is probably not convenient for them, especially if they have to be in formation at 6-8 am, depending.  Plus, dining facilities are on base.
  
  So the number of members living off base are probably not in the tens of thousands.