Posted on 09/24/2023 5:41:44 AM PDT by Libloather
A new government report detailed the dire living conditions some military members face in their barracks across the country, highlighting a problem military leaders have so far struggled to fix.
A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that young troops living in barracks on military installations have been forced to confront everything from pests such as roaches and bed bugs to toxic waste and even squatters, potentially putting the health and safety of members at risk while damaging morale.
The 118-page report, which was published Monday by the GAO, concluded that military leaders at the Pentagon have not been able to provide proper oversight over the problem and have mostly left the issues up to each individual service to fix.
Investigators from the GAO visited 12 unnamed military installations to compile the report and spoke with service members in discussion groups to gain their perspective. Many service members complained of dirty water that was seemingly unsafe to drink in their barracks buildings. Others complained of broken air conditioning and heating systems, forcing many members to purchase individual air conditioning units for their sweltering rooms or turn to unsafe space heaters to provide warmth in the colder months. Another issue noted by investigators was that some buildings lacked secure windows and doors that have in some cases led to squatters occupying the rooms.
In one extreme case, officials at one installation told GAO investigators that "service members are responsible for cleaning biological waste that may remain in a barracks room after a suicide."
The GAO report included dozens of photos of military barracks buildings from the installations investigators visited, with the photos showing restrooms with sewage overflowing, cracked sewage pipes, water damage, pests and mold or mildew growth. Other photos showed...
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Meanwhile illegal aliens are put up in 4 star hotels, get their meals delivered, walking around cash, all of it at taxpayer expense.
It’s infuriating.
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This can all be fixed by sending more and more money to Ukraine. /s
These conditions will be the norm for the NWO recruitment of all the 3rd world men we have imported to be the military that they turn onto US citizens.
Not to worry. Our corrupt, inept, and loathsome Democrats are managing to find money for the Ukraine and illegal aliens. And the soldiers should feel happy now that they have been “woke” and are taught to hate the country. Sooner or later, they’ll realize that their and the country’s greatest enemy lives in D.C.
We really need a government who puts America and Americans FIRST. This crap of the Brandon Administration putting foreign RAT freeloaders first has got to stop. Enough is enough.
We spend a staggering amount of money on our military.
And this is what that money buys?
When I was in we cleaned our barracks, fixed our barracks when we could, mowed lawns etc. When I was in base housing we had lawn of the month etc. It was always about pride in ownership and competition.
Today everything is contracted out and housing is all contractor run and you get what you get.
how do squatters get to live in barracks?
Where does all the money go? Do the officers share the same living conditions? When I was attending school at NAS Millington we were in WWII barracks , in the middle of the Memphis summer with no AC and legions of roaches and rats. Then it flooded and here came the snakes. :)
Bingo.
A few good men sure is poignant now.
What is left, has not left or been forced out, and must be LEFT to stay deserves their associations.
Squatters?
I never heard “barracks bunnies” referred to as squatters, but back then they were female.
“Meanwhile illegal aliens are put up in 4 star hotels, get their meals delivered, walking around cash, all of it at taxpayer expense.
It’s infuriating.”
Total agreement.
The picture of the turds on the floor were over the top. Cleaning up your own latrines is old school. Like 1000 BC.
Standing armies are expensive, dangerous and useless.
The taxpayers have spent billions on luxury privatized housing for the military over the last 25 years. The base commanders aren’t doing their job in holding the contractors to their duties.
Added to that are military personnel that aren’t being held to basic standards of cleanliness also by the same base commanders.
Hey Lurker, what about the billions given to the dancing homosexual puppet to fight Putin?
During my 27 years of military service, anytime the barracks was “filthy” the troops who live there were locked down for a hell of a cleaning.
All the money is going to Ukraine and Taiwan. Meanwhile in China and Russia...
Weak liberalism (Fabian socialism) will be destroyed by strong communism (Marxism Leninism). And we’re caught in the middle of it. And no, Russia and China are not our friends. They may not tolerate globohomo, but they are old guard Commies bent on world domination in their own right.
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