This is not the case for me. I've been able to attend nearly all of my families major events! I am also home more than I'm gone. Oh and when you're home you're home! No paper work no projects from work to work on at home, nothin! I live in base though. My advise would be to wait til you can hold the base you wouldn't mind living in and then when you get the award go ahead and move. Of course there's always the risk of base closures and displacements but it's definitely a different and more enjoyable job when you can drive to work!