On a Marine Corps base in Japan, the mold will continue until morale improves
Paul Szoldra
Updated:
Sep 2, 2020 6:31 PM EDT
Original:
Sep 1, 2020
The mold will continue until morale improves.
At least that appears to be the unofficial mantra of Marines living at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, where some facilities appear to be wracked with mold, according to recent photos obtained by Task & Purpose.
In one four-story barracks used to house troops, building 2622, what appears to be mold has built up in and around the air vents, photos show. A similar buildup can be seen on the ceiling in the mess hall where Marines are served breakfast, lunch, and dinner, despite the facility undergoing a “year-long†revitalization effort finished less than two years ago.
“There isn’t a single Marine I know that doesn’t have mold in their rooms or rodent and bug issues,†one Marine source told Task & Purpose on condition of anonymity, referring to some of the approximately 1,200 sailors and Marines assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, an infantry unit from Camp Pendleton, Calif. currently deployed there as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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