Thanks, and those posts are interesting.
This is why I asked. Q to me means temporary Quarters. TLF = Temporary Lodging Facilities. BOQ = Bachelor Officer Quarters = long term TDY or student course.
Going back to when Bullet and I married, (1988), there was no enlisted or officer Q in the parameters your posts have stated. Q's are a couple of days lodging, like a hotel, rank has no impact unless you are O6 are above. There was no enlisted hotel and officer hotel. It was one hotel.
Every base we were ever at, there were separate buildings, and rank didn't play into the room assignment equation for the Q's or the TLFs.
For example:
There was a building that was just like a Holiday Inn. That is the Q's, I think about when you say Q's. Bedroom with a bath.
There was a separate building that was TLFs, sometimes next door, and sometimes you had to drive to get to it. They were all apts or TH style. Bedroom, kitchen, living and dining area. In AK, they were 2 story TH, in Pope they were ranch style duplexes. UK they were condos. Not one of these TLFs were located next to the Q's.
BOQ's at Mt Home, SJAFB, Mather
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were 1 bdrm condo types. They too were in a building on their own, not in the base hotel.
I also think of VOQ's the same way. Every base has VOQs, but like the TLF's and the BOQ's you must meet their criteria to stay in it. If we all could choose the room, nobody would stay in a Q or a TLF, we'd all stay in a VOQ. I have been in them as a guest at multiple bases, and trust me, a Q on base that you would place on Sheraton level, is Ritz on the VOQ level. My 1st home was not as nice! At SJAFB, I would guess those Qs are @1000 sqft, 1 bdrm, comes with a fully stocked wine fridge, lite snacks, and newspapers delivered to your door in the morning. Not just the base paper, and local townie paper, but the regional paper too.
Finally, I know with UPT at LAFB, they are running out of BOQ's for UPT students, and now are using base housing for BOQs. UPT students can live in these until they are assigned permanently to the base. Become a FAIP, you will move off base. This another reason why I asked for clarification.