Yeah, I'm not talking about barracks, but more like the family apartments or houses. The main issue I see crossing over in either civilian or military life with this setup is that everyone in that "suburb" works for the same employer. There can certainly be issues where personal problems become career problems and vice-versa. At least military housing is segregated by grade, but the civilian side could have you living right next to your boss. Too bad if they don't like something you do.

"The barracks are sometimes raided for off-hours extra duty."

Unless you work in IT and are on-call or the on-call doesn't answer (not fully the same, but still...).