[R. Scott]

I’ve been retired over 20 years now - but - mold? Way back when we had a self help shop on base, and the unit took care of a lot of repairs. We took care of drywall, paint, most plumbing and lighting and other routine maintenance ourselves. I always had a few extra duty people who “volunteered” their time instead of an Article 15.

[El Gato]

But you were in those barracks for an extended period, and “owned” them. These are likely transient or temporary quarters assigned to reservists or others returning from or training for deployment, not for permanent party. The Barracks I've seen on Ft. Hood all look pretty decent, even the ones which appear to date back to when West Fort Hood was Killeen Air Force Base. Although I have not been inside any of them to know for sure. (There are Air Force units in some of those old barracks, either as barracks or as the units office space. They have a laser guided bomb in front the latter. :) )