Online barracks video draws concerns(snip)
Fox, McCollum and other Army officials said part of the reason the barracks in Frawley’s video looks so bad is that a large contingent of Charlie Company returned home three weeks earlier than scheduled.
The barracks was undergoing repairs before they arrived on April 13, but the work did not get done in time, McCollum said.
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The Army plans to raze all of the 1950s barracks and have all of its soldiers into the new-style quarters by 2013, Fox said. But until then, about 3,500 soldiers will apparently have to continue living in the old, worn-out barracks.
An Army source said the 82nd has requested that soldiers living in the old barracks be given housing allowances to move into private housing off post until the new barracks are completed.
But so far, he said, the Army has been unwilling to grant the request, which could cost millions of dollars.
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