I am not a huge poster and normally not a grumpy one but, OP, you are just wrong, blatantly so. You are right about one thing: Alaska is beautiful.
I have friends at Wainwright. Their housing is not old, gross etc. They are now privatized. Big word...try this: The houses are new and improved. So, try again.
Here is the link:
Our homes | Fort Wainwright
According to this article, she is right. But it is for FT Benning (GA).
Visitor Passes no Longer Needed at Post Gates
Here is the one for FT WW:
http://www.wainwright.army.mil/sites/deploy/scr/Visitor Pass Information Sheet.pdf
My husband is stationed at Tyndall (AF). They still require a visitors pass, which includes the drivers license number. They have changed it to where a Military ID Card Holder has to be in vehicle to get you on base. That may have just been when we were in Bravo??
I think next time your brother in law should just say no. Or not tell you what post he is at. Either you are playing with fire or your just stirring up the pot here. Either way, I am sure many troops would thank you for getting the boot (if you did indeed get the boot) as you have shown you would have been a sucky wingman. Well, it is 2 am and I am off to go rafting. *huge, dramatic eye roll learned from my 6 year old*