Over the last year, our Washington News Bureau has reported on safety hazards including pest infestations and mold at privatized military housing where many service members and their families live.
Sen. Jon Ossoff released the new report Tuesday that details improvements that have been made and gaps that still remain following his investigation last year into housing problems at Fort Gordon and other bases.The U.S. military is the most powerful force in the world.
That GAO findings about the barracks’ living conditions led Rep. Mike Waltz to send a letter to the Defense Department asking what the DOD is doing to address the housing problems. Waltz asked the DOD to “provide the subcommittee a briefing on the current conditions of barracks and corrective measures to address the persistent challenges that are outlined in the GAO study.”Waltz is not only a lawmaker, but he is also a veteran – a combat-decorated Green Beret.
“We need to hold these leaders accountable,” said Waltz. “There’s never any consequences to the people in charge. It’s our junior enlisted members that end up suffering and I’ve had it with that.” It’s known as the Environmental Health and Safety module, which is a component within the enterprise Military Housing information management system.
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