Problems Corrected at Fort Bragg Dorms

[unhappycamper]

Problems Corrected at Fort Bragg Dorms
April 30, 2008
Army News Service|by C. Todd Lopez

WASHINGTON - The poor conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, N.C. have largely been corrected, said an Army general responsible for maintaining such facilities.

"Most of those shortfalls have been corrected, as a matter of fact, they were corrected two weeks ago and there are some things that are still ongoing," said Brig. Gen. Dennis E. Rogers, deputy director of operations, Army Installation Management Command.

On April 28, the parent of a Soldier recently returned from Afghanistan posted to an online video sharing Web site, pictures of the Soldier's barracks at Fort Bragg. The barracks were shown to be in poor condition, including peeling paint, rusted pipes and stairwell handrails, mold and missing ceiling tiles. The most visually shocking image displayed was that of a uniformed Soldier standing inside a utility sink, using a plunger on a bathroom floor drain. The floor had nearly three inches of standing water, presumably from backed up toilets.

In the video, the father of the Soldier asked viewers to contact their congressmen to affect change at the barracks.

Rogers met April 29, with reporters at the Pentagon to discuss the conditions of the barracks at Fort Bragg and how the service has worked and has been working, to correct the problems. He told reporters he takes responsibility for conditions at the barracks.


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[TheDebbieDee]

1. I'll bet that the poor conditions at that one barracks building

was corrected, but what about all the other raggedy buildings at Ft. Bragg where soldiers are being housed?