People really desperately need table top rpgs! If they introduce some pathfinder or Warhammer in there oh man the fun these members can have. But then it is an _expense_ not a _income_.
I've been to Diego Garcia. It is boring as hell; about all there is to say. We got in trouble for trying to organize an expedition to secretly catch and eat some of the coconut crabs (which is verboten).
Also played D&D in the service. Most active tabletop gaming group I've ever been in too.
In my country, barracks have "open days" (basically a weekend, once a year i think) where they would present all their clubs and invite external personnel to check out and participate (long-term, not only on those two days). I wanted to try fencing, so i went, and i finished joining the tabletop club (and fencing too). This is what brought me back to tabletops.
Then covid, moved to a city without any barracks close by, so i couldn't continue, but military definitely have tabletop rpgs (and they are very partial with those where battlemaps are easy to set up)
According to my buddy the Canadian Navy is absolutely crawling with Warhammer players, apparently being a player has been pretty good for their career.
True, but if you've already spent the money might as well choose a career that will at least allow you to tell your parents 'See, I told you these plastic models will pay off one day.'
Can confirm it was fairly common in the Marine Corps, even some of the grunts and motor transport guys would get interested on ship duty. When you're bored as hell you'll take anything you can get.
Boredom and creativity go hand in hand. Not necessarily good creativity. On my first deployment i chugged a bottle of syrup for $50 bucks and gave the corpsman heart attacks. It is not fun throwing up syrup for an hour after.
Also played D&D in the service. Most active tabletop gaming group I've ever been in too.
Didn't D&D in DG tho.