But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience. Shelby Foote
The castle and military barracks in Taif were repaired by the Ottomans in 1843, a Hükümet Konagi – mansion for government business – was built in 1869, and a post office was established sometime later.
We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on! R. Lee Ermey
