Why hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines have been stuck in sweltering hot barracks for years
Another barracks problem.
BY JEFF SCHOGOL | PUBLISHED SEP 27, 2022 10:01 AM
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More than 200 Marines at Camp Pendleton, California are stuck in barracks that get so hot that they are coming down with heat injuries, but even though the problem has been reported several times, nothing has been done about it yet, a West Coast Marine told Task & Purpose.
It can get up to 95 degrees and hotter inside Barracks 3382 at the Camp Margarita area of Camp Pendleton, and the Marines living there are coming down with heat rashes and other ailments due to the high temperatures, the West Coast Marine, whom Task & Purpose is not identifying to avoid possible retaliation, said on Monday.
The issue at Barracks 3382 was raised on Reddit earlier this month.
When asked about the heat problem in Barracks 3382, Capt. David Mancilla, a spokesman for Marine Corps Installations – West, said that Camp Marines can report issues with their living quarters to their building managers, submit a ticket to Camp Pendleton’s facilities department or talk to their chain of command or Camp Pendleton’s Unaccompanied Housing Office.
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