Raw sewage, broken AC, bugs: Report reveals squalor at border mission
By Eve Sampson
Friday, Dec 19, 2025
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The Doña Ana Range Complex bathroom was featured in the IG's report. (DODIG)
Raw, dried sewage streaked the floor around the toilets used by soldiers deployed to the border between Mexico and the United States, a Pentagon watchdog found during a summer visit that documented a host of substandard housing conditions.
In a management advisory released this week, the Department of Defense Inspector General said troops assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border were housed in quarters that did not comply with Army housing requirements, sometimes for extended periods of time without documentation.
In March, the Army reported that 9,000 active duty troops would be supporting President Trump’s southern border executive orders, which direct the military to give greater priority to border control.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/19/raw-sewage-broken-ac-bugs-report-reveals-squalor-at-border-mission/
