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Housing Afghan refugees caused $16 million in 'damages' to Camp Atterbury, says Pentagon’s inspector general
Associated Press ^ | December 23, 2022

Posted on 05/22/2023 9:15:09 AM PDT by grundle

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Military bases that housed tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in the U.S. incurred almost $260 million in damages that in some cases rendered buildings unusable for troops until significant repairs to walls and plumbing are made, the Pentagon’s inspector general found.

Over the last two weeks of August 2021, the U.S. Air Force managed the largest humanitarian evacuation in its history, airlifting 120,000 people from Afghanistan in just 17 days. The bulk of those passengers were Afghans fleeing Taliban rule, and U.S. aircraft delivered tens of thousands of those Afghans initially to bases in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Italy, Bahrain and Germany.

After processing, many of the refugees were flown to eight military bases in the U.S., where many were housed for months as they awaited visa processing and resettlement; the last Afghan refugee left military housing in February.

The refugees were housed at Fort Bliss, Texas; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey; Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.; Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Fort Pickett, Fort Lee, and Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia; and Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: refugees

1 posted on 05/22/2023 9:15:09 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

They are just trying to turn it into the same kind of hellhole they left.

That seems to be true of so many.


2 posted on 05/22/2023 9:17:10 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: grundle

NYS want to house illegals on SUNY campuses...


3 posted on 05/22/2023 9:19:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/suny-dorms-eyed-house-asylum-seekers-18108572.php


4 posted on 05/22/2023 9:20:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: grundle

Gee. You mean not all cultures are the same


5 posted on 05/22/2023 9:20:50 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: TomGuy

Wait till landlords have to deal with them.


6 posted on 05/22/2023 9:24:39 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Nifster

If you import the third world, you will get the third world...


7 posted on 05/22/2023 9:30:16 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: grundle

When an organism turns off its immune system and allows pathogens to pour into the body unchecked, it’s all over.


8 posted on 05/22/2023 9:31:20 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: grundle

But.....but.....they were all “interpreters”.


9 posted on 05/22/2023 9:31:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: grundle
On top of all of the other stupidity displayed by the DoD in this regard, the media still can't use editors properly ...

From a picture in the article: 1st Calvary Division Soldier and Afghan evacuee children play soccer Sept. 4, 2021 at Camp Atterbury ...

CALVARY? For goodness sake ...

10 posted on 05/22/2023 9:35:48 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: grundle

$16 million, that’s all? They must have been on their best behavior.


11 posted on 05/22/2023 9:38:31 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: TomGuy

Obviously. Most of these savages have no idea what indoor plumbing is, think even the thought of some American female soldier giving the males among them commands is blasphemy and rather than looking at the idea of a nation and it’s people(Judeo/Christian) being charitable isn’t looked on as humanitarian of the host nation and they would be grateful, instead it reinforces their Islamic attitude of superiority because the ‘’infidels fear us’’.

They released a boat load of these bastards somewhere in NJ and as far as I know no one knows where they are.


12 posted on 05/22/2023 9:49:17 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: fhayek

When you import the Third World you become the Third World.


13 posted on 05/22/2023 9:51:06 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: grundle

The article never does get specific describing the damages needing repair or replacement.

I expected some kind of response to an Ed McMahon type of prompt: “So, exactly how bad WAS it?”
Johnny Carson would have said:
“It was SO BAD...that...”

I have a pretty good idea. I’ve heard about the Afghans bathroom habits, or lack thereof.


14 posted on 05/22/2023 9:51:09 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

“I’ve heard about the Afghans bathroom habits”

The left hand substitutes for toilet paper in that part of the world.


15 posted on 05/22/2023 9:58:06 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: jmacusa

“Obviously. Most of these savages have no idea what indoor plumbing is,“

Buddy of ours rented a duplex to some of the groupies that came with a Saudi that flew on one of the Shuttle missions.

They discovered that there were things in various rooms in the house that would flow an unlimited of water if you turned the handle, and being that they lived in the middle of a desert, having such a contraption would be a dream come true.

So they disconnected the lines going to the faucets. After the water began spraying everywhere they got scared and left the house. For awhile.

He did get paid for the damages.


16 posted on 05/22/2023 10:01:09 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: grundle

Probably ripped out all the toilets so they could crap into a hole in the floor.


17 posted on 05/22/2023 1:27:41 PM PDT by hattend (F U Pedo Joe.)
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