Army to dole out $248M for barracks repairs

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Barracks are undergoing renovation at Fort Sam Houston.


Army to dole out $248M for barracks repairs
By Matthew Cox - Staff writer
Posted : Friday May 9, 2008 12:52:10 EDT

The Army recently cut $248 million from other programs to make immediate fixes to barracks at eight installations across the country.

The move follows an Army-wide barracks inspection senior leaders ordered after the father of an 82nd Airborne Division soldier posted a video on YouTube that showed peeling paint, mold and a bathroom drain plugged with what appeared to be sewage in the barracks that paratroopers from the Fort Bragg, N.C., unit were housed in recently after returning from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan.

All major commands walked through their barracks the weekend of April 26-27, looking for conditions similar to those identified in the 1950s-era barracks at Bragg.

The Army has not yet released the full report of the inspection, but eight bases were flagged for having barracks that needed repairs without delay, said Ned Christensen, spokesman for Army Installation Management Command.

The $248 million was “reprogrammed,” he said, meaning that it was taken out of existing Army programs. Christensen said he didn’t know which programs the reprogramming effected.


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