Army has plan for soldiers told to vacate barracks

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Army has plan for soldiers told to vacate barracks
By Mark St.Clair, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, January 25, 2008

The Army has come up with a plan to house 17 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, who were told they had to vacate their barracks rooms this week, Army leaders in Schweinfurt, Germany, said Thursday afternoon.

Maj. Eric Stetson, public affairs officer for the 2nd BCT, said the brigade’s enlisted leadership has a plan to alleviate the problem by moving some soldiers into hotels paid for by U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt. Others will move off post into private rental houses until they leave. Still others will move into other barracks.

On Thursday, Stars and Stripes reported that 17 soldiers from Schweinfurt were told they had to leave their barracks rooms because of planned renovations to the building but that the Army had not provided them with other housing arrangements.

When asked why the soldiers would think they had no place to stay only two days before they had to leave their barracks, Stetson said, “at that time ( the leadership ) may have not had a plan firmed up.”

Nonetheless, the soldiers will not be left out in the cold.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=51902



uhc comment: 'The Army has a plan.' Where have I heard this before?