Fort Lewis on list of barracks needing repair

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Fort Lewis on list of barracks needing repair
By Donna Gordon Blankinship - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday May 10, 2008 15:12:54 EDT

SEATTLE — Officials at Fort Lewis were surprised to be on a Army list of eight installations that need to repair their barracks immediately in the wake of recent worldwide base inspections.

Base spokesman Joe Piek said the $7.4 million promised by the Army for immediate repairs at Fort Lewis will not come with a list of needed work, because an inspection of the base’s 105 barracks last week found no serious life, health or safety issues.

“The Army officials here at Fort Lewis who manage barracks were surprised by the characterization of the immediacy of the repairs,” Piek said Friday.

Army Secretary Pete Geren has said that $248 million in emergency funding has been appropriated to fix problems found during the inspections around the world.

The Army on Friday identified eight installations that will get priority attention: Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Wash; Fort Polk, La.; Fort Gordon, Ga.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York; Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland; and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.


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