Speaking strictly for the Air Force. I know that if you lived on base, dorm or base housing, you had to keep your guns stored at the armory on base. And now that I think about it, I think if you lived off-base they wanted you to keep them in the armory as well. But I know plenty of guys who lived off-base that kept their guns at home. They said that you could retrieve them anytime 24/7 365 days of year, no questions asked. From what I saw from friends who had guns stored on base, they were good on their word. Never had a problem getting their guns day or night, whenever they wanted.
I never bothered to take my guns with me when I enlisted. The only sateside assignment I ever had was Cannon AFB, New Mexico :barf:. Colorado was right up the road so I just went home to shoot when I had the time. The rest of my time was spent overseas.