Guam barracks conditions are ‘baffling,’ Navy admiral says in email
The barracks conditions prompted a fiery email from a senior Navy admiral who called it a “failure of leadership.”
Patty Nieberg
Published May 29, 2025 10:17 AM EDT
Andersen Air Force Base
Photos of Palau Hall barracks on Andersen Air Force Base. Photos obtained Project on Government Oversight and shared with Task & Purpose.
Mold painted over, wires dangling and black rusted pipes framing the ceiling were part of everyday reality for Marines, sailors and airmen living in barracks on Guam. The conditions left the Navy’s top admiral in charge of barracks across the service baffled.
Photos of the Palau Hall barracks at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and comments in an email from a senior Navy official were obtained by the Project on Government Oversight and shared with Task & Purpose.
“It is baffling to discover sailors living in these conditions,” Vice Adm. Scott Gray, the head of Navy Installations Command, wrote in a May 5 email obtained by POGO.
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