Posted on 10/20/2023 7:42:47 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
"I do use this in a pejorative term, and it's adulting."
Maj. Gen. James Isenhower III, the commander of the 1st Armored Division, was suggesting to a room packed with spectators earlier this month that a key cause of the mold and other poor living conditions in the Army is soldiers and families not maintaining their living spaces.
The mold in particular, pictures of which have made the rounds on social media and become something of a shorthand for the dire state of many Army barracks, has been the subject of multiple Military.com investigations revealing rooms made fuzzy with growing fungi.
"A lot of times, we just need to teach young soldiers and young family members what is appropriate and what is part of their obligation and basic responsibility as an adult," Isenhower continued speaking at the Association of the United States Army conference. "I will tell senior leaders, 'I don't have a mold problem, I have a discipline problem.'"
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Meanwhile Biden has $100 billion for Ukraine with no way to account for where the money goes.
As a former member of the big red one, I wonder if GI have gone out of fashion.
er, GI parties
At a certain point, mold is embedded in the building materials and must be removed and replaced, sometimes even in the framing.
One word.....Clorox.
Why? I lived in Quonset huts and tent cities during much of my time.
Back in the 70s, when the Air Force and Army repositioned in Germany so that the Army could be in better position for the Fulda Gap, the facilities the Army left around Ramstein were atrocious. The Army's philosophy was that they may be "moving out" any time, so they didn't want to spend any money on facilities. The Air Force was just the opposite, so they spent large sums refurbishing the facilities the Army left.
That can take care of the mold on the visible surfaces, but what about mold in the ventilation and behind walls?
We don’t need so barracks for troops. We don’t need infrastructure for the US (one of Bidens promises), we need money for the Ukraine and refugees streaming across the border.
It doesn’t cost much to clean up barracks. Some cleaning agent. Some gloves. Some rags. Some E-2’s to E-4’s. If the barracks are dirty some after dinner marching parties. Easy peasy.
We need to go back to the old WWII wooden barracks. We never had “mold” problems with them. Okay. At least at all of the ones I lived in.
“I will tell senior leaders, ‘I don’t have a mold problem, I have a discipline problem.’”
He’s right. Where are the Sergeants?
That’s complete bull shit, pardon my French. My family experienced this first hand in onbase housing at Ft. Bragg. They are clean. The mold was in places that you cannot clean. It is due to piss poor military contracts that build and maintain housing.
Correction. The $100 billion is for Ukraine and Israel.
Rather than us pardon your French why not just obey JR’s rules of no cussing?
“I will tell senior leaders, ‘I don’t have a mold problem, I have a discipline problem.’”
CORRECT
APPLIED VIGOROUSLY WITH ELBOW GREASE !!!
I Haven’t b ought any ‘409’ or other kinds of cleaning products for a very long time.
I USE AMMONIA-—straight—spray bottle I can refill.
l pay less than $4.00 for a half-gallon.
IT cuts grease quickly. YES, IT SMELLS——BUT IT WORKS !!!!!
I also NEVER throw away a toothbrush. Cleans where I cannot scrub.
Kids today do NOT know how to do much of anything that doesn’t involve their cell phones.
I don’t remember the cleaning of our barrack’s room as being optional. Once a week...Tuesday maybe...room inspection. If you didn’t pass, your division officer heard about it. Room would be clean NEXT week.
When I was in Korea, I worked in a Korean war era Quansit hut. The barracks were ok though.
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