No Soldiers Have Been Moved Yet from Condemned, Moldy Fort Bragg Barracks
11 Aug 2022
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin
More than a thousand soldiers will be stuck in moldy barracks for weeks as officials at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, begin "assessing locations and options" for them after last week's inspection by Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston found the buildings to be unlivable.
Cheryle Rivas, a spokeswoman for the post, said that no soldiers have been moved yet, but she emphasized that the Army hopes to start within the next 30 days.
"The priority is to relocate soldiers into other barracks rooms on the installation," Rivas said in an email to Military.com, before adding that the service is "currently in the process of accessing room availability."
The decision to evacuate the decades-old barracks came as a surprise last week, given that it appears the issues have been known about for years. The Army said the "10 to 12 barracks" that are impacted -- located in the Smoke Bomb Hill area at Fort Bragg -- were built in the 1970s and "do not meet today's HVAC standards."
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