Ft. Lewis
Army to Provide $7.4 Million for Barracks Improvements at Fort Lewis
Submitted by girights_counselor on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 17:54.Top Army Leaders forced to take action after YouTube video from Fort Bragg Soldier's Father causes nationwide outcry over poor barracks conditions
By Matthew Cox - Army Times
The Army has cut $248 million from other programs to make immediate fixes to barracks at eight installations across the country.
The move follows an Armywide barracks inspection 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 after returning from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan. read more »
