The Department of Defense’s military barracks are in “poor conditions,”with some living spaces posing “potentially serious health and safety risks” to service members, a recent government watchdog report found.
According to a September report from the Government Accountability Office, some service members are residing in military barracks with “poor living conditions” that “undermine quality of life and readiness.” The government watchdog found “weaknesses” in the DOD’s efforts to maintain the barracks’ living conditions.
It stated that the conditions for service members are “unreliable” and, in some cases, “substandard.”
“GAO observed barracks that pose potentially serious health and safety risks — such as broken windows and inoperable fire systems — and that do not meet minimum DOD standards for privacy and configuration,” the report stated.
Officials told the watchdog group that thousands of service members are living in less-than-ideal conditions.
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