They do a pretty good job of separating enlisted and officers at the Pines. There are a few exceptions, of course. The houses are in a constant state of renovation, with priority going to the "permanent personnel" housing first. No, as a flight student, you are NOT "permanent personnel" for the 6-12 months you are stationed here. Hence your tarazzo (or whatever you call it) floors, while the folks who are stationed here for three years have carpeting.
The community atmosphere is, just like anywhere else, what you make of it. Is it like the "real" military, in which everyone is home on the weekends with no responsibilities other than mustering on time on Monday? No.
First is the overall relative stress of flight school. While the SNA may put his feet up every now and again, it is hard to really relax when he is not in the cockpit. Unfortunately, he can't leave his work on base at 1630. There is always something to study, something to prepare for, and the majority of it has to be done at home.
Second is the crazy, literally day-to-day scheduling. SNAs do not find out Tuesday's schedule until Monday night, and Saturday's schedule until Friday night. Therefore, it is hard to plan liberty activities too far in advance. In fact, since you never know the schedule until the evening, you almost have to plan on flying at 0530, until you see otherwise. Also, you may brief at 0530 and be home by noon, your neighbor may brief at 1130 and be home at 1700, and your other neighbor may brief at 1600 and not be home until 2100. The schedules are never in synch.
Third is the training syllabus - each stage is front-loaded, requiring more study time early in the stage than later. Basically, while the syllabus is standard, flight school as a whole is pretty dynamic. It is not a M-F, 0700-1600 school, which makes get-togethers a little more challenging to plan.
However, the community is great. If you want to make it work, if you want to have parties, you will. The best thing, in my opinion, about Whiting Pines is the fact that the Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coasties all live, train, and party together. I'm a Marine, but have learned more about the Navy in the past six months than in the past nine years, simply by knowing and getting close to our Navy neighbors. Until flight school, I never even knew any Coasties. The Air Force was just a group of guys with nice bases, but now I have two Zoomies as neighbors. After my stay in the Pines, it is back to the Marine community, so I am trying to learn as much as I can about the sister services as I can right now. All in all, it has been a great experience getting to know folks (and their families) during my stay here.