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This is a current problem right now with our military. Things are not that bad for the most part, but facilities are falling apart becuase there is not enough money going to the services to support operations in 2 theaters, normal operations back home, and facility up keep. The problem is with Congress, write to your congressman/woman.



As a former First Sergeant, one of my frustrations was that many soldiers would go out of their way to destroy where they lived but would not take the energy to keep the barracks clean and livable. THAT'S why inspections are important. Soldiers or not, most of these sevicemembers are teenagers , and they need supervision.



I do not live in theses barracks anymore, but I am in a position to be in and out of them on a regular basis. The building in question is in my response district. Most of the comments that have been made are on point. However, these particular barracks have been scheduled to be demolished, but when the money for new construction was held up by our elected officials, the time table got messed up. Our soldiers returning are not able to move into their new barracks because they are not complete. Many renovations were completed on these older barracks and are still ongoig.

The other side of the coin is, as was previously stated, soldiers do not take care of their quarters, they are coddled these days and allowed to act like children. There are barracks on post that are less than five years old that have to be renovated already because the soldiers have already trashed them. The First Sergeants and Commanders hands have been tied to force the soldiers to be responsible because everytime someone doesn't like the way they are treated, they write to their Congressman. The Army has changed quite a bit since most of us remember it. Most of the Chains of Command do report problems and get them fixed as expeditiously as possible. And there are a ton of new barracks being built. It is a shame that our soldiers are forced to put up with these conditions, but the problems were recoginized long ago and the fix has been happening for a few years. Without getting on my soapbox, if our elected officials spent money more wisely and where it is needed this would not have been an issue.

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