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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: LurkerMom   😊 😞
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Subject: Our Troops Deserve So Much Better
Date: 10/05/23 11:42 AM
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Our bumbling commander in chief President Biden should be thrown in jail for Dereliction of Duty.

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'The men and women who put themselves in harm's way to keep America safe deserve to have clean, comfortable, sanitary barracks. That should be the bare minimum our military should be able to promise them.

Instead, according to a new report published Tuesday from the Government Accountability Office, inspections of 12 military installations found squalid hovel-like conditions ' something that, according to Military.com, 'confirm[s]] complaints made by many service members for many years.'

The report, which ran nearly 100 pages, detailed the grotesque conditions our troops face: mold, sewage, brown water, bedbugs and even squatters.

'Service members reported to GAO that the conditions of barracks affect their quality of life and readiness. However, GAO found weaknesses in the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to maintain and improve their conditions,' a summary of the report on the GAO's website read.

'For example, DOD does not reliably assess conditions, and some barracks are substandard. DOD assessments of conditions are unreliable. 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. Thousands of service members live in barracks below standards, according to officials.'

Furthermore, the GAO said, the Pentagon 'does not have complete funding information to make informed decisions.'

thegatewaypundit.com - Surprise accountability office inspections find grotesque pattern US

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