Well, there are two types of conditions - human and physical. As far as physical goes, we at CMTC are presently housed in Building 152 - the same building I waited outside of for 12 hours to clear out of MILCON and into SSEP as a 16 year old LSSR private in 1971. It's old, but it works and we have a lot of fun in it.
I live (IR) in building 18, originally Snr NCO Qtrs for 6 Div , then German POW Sr NCOs. It isn't the best, but fine for me, and I will avoid moving into 220 so the single guys who call the shack "Home" can have a bigger room.
The trailers are small, but beat the 80 lbr / 160 lbr tents we taught SSEP/RESO1/2 out of in the 1970s.
I guess the question comes down to the climate of command you work in and the people you work with. Do you feel welcome? Are you valued? Do you fit in and belong? Even in the Regs, that can change every APS.
I understand the issues regarding young single soldiers being torn away from a vibrant night life to spend the summers in Wx, while Jody gets his girl for the summer in Calgary. Hey, I was young once, too.
Don't know all the answers. I do know that from the summer of 1971 to the summer of 1976, the Militia courses I was on/taught were largely staffed by the militia and the RSS. The Regs just can't open up another sardine can of instructors for the summer. That's what going from 90,000 to 52,000 does.
I think making courses longer, not garunteeing a complete summer's employment for Militia students, and raising the enlisment age from 16 to 17 did the Militia more harm than good, but others may disageree with me.
I do know that with all it's problems, we need the Militia as a structure for mobilization if nothing else, and every time we try to make it something it wasn't meant to be, we only break it more.
Having said that, IBTS and BTS are universal, and we should be talking about part time and full time professionals who do the best they can with what they have, while they have it.
See you in Wx!
Tom