I would recommend Randolph, Lackland caters more towards the basic trainees.
As for the rest of you bitching about the cost of the mess dress (and I know most of you are seeing this coming), stop being such pussies! First and foremost, you are required by reg to have one, so spend a little less money on hair gel and go out and get one (actually, I need to say 'go out and get a pair!'). And other than doing the Testor’s paint modification to your second lieutenant board when you make first lieutenant, new boards cost out the ass as well, so prepare yourself. And to pre-empt further whining, if you make field grade rank one day, you are going to have to go out and buy a new service cap that you’ll probably never wear either; but it too is required by reg. Sure, you can risk not having one; but if the day comes that you do need it and don’t have it, you will look like an ass.
Fucking hell, some of you will go out and drop the same amount of money on a XBOX 360 and ‘World of Warcraft’ without batting an eye; but babble like a baby when your Service tells you to buy a uniform. Lieutenants are overpaid as it is, don’t draw attention to yourself and look like a fool claiming you’re not.
Cheers! M2