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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Feb 15, 2019, 03:56 PM Feb 2019

Army calls base housing hazards 'unconscionable,' details steps to protect families

U.S. Army officials are apologizing and vowing to improve military base housing standards after a Reuters investigation.

Reuters reports that Secretary of the Army Mark Esper called conditions including toxic mold and other substances found in homes of U.S. service members and their families "unconscionable."

“You’ve brought to light a big issue that demands our attention,” Esper said Friday, according to Reuters. “It is frankly unconscionable that our soldiers and their families would be living in these types of conditions when we ask so much of them day in and day out.”

“Our instinct is this is bigger even than what’s been reported, and we want to get to the bottom of it, get to the bottom of it fast,” added Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/430237-army-calls-base-housing-hazards-unconscionable-details-steps-to-protect

Sorry soldiers. Trump needs your housing money for his vanity wall.

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Army calls base housing hazards 'unconscionable,' details steps to protect families (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
it's been demanding attention for years Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #1
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