Barracks are a type of military housing. The term can also be used to describe the building(s) in which convicts are housed.

Military

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NCOs and enlisted personnel will frequently be housed in barracks for service or training. Lower level NCOs will be housed in larger numbers where as higher ranking NCOs or officers will be housed in fewer numbers. Garrison town is a common expression for any town that has a military barracks.

U.S. Armed Forces

While in basic training and sometimes follow-on training, military members live in barracks. The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force (except band members and officer trainees) have gender-separate basic training units. This differs from the U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, where male and female recruits train and share the barracks during the basic, but are separated during personal time and lights out. However, all the branches of service integrate male and female members following boot camp and first assignment.

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