Another thing is that since you are married and you are in the guard, you might be eligible to receive BAH (tax free) for your duty location in Alaska even if you live on base, but I think the stipulation is that your spouse/ family has to spend a majority of the time away from you and you may have to own a house but I would ask the finance office. It is some kind oF BAH waiver form.

One thing that surprises me thig isthat you said that you had some a-hole civey instructors... I would never had put up with that as a paying customer and the first a-hole moment I would have told the instructor that we are turning around and the lesson is over. But I guess all situations are different. Just my $0.02