http://texasfred.net/archives/1151 No Holds Barred: News Opinion Commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://texasfred.net/archives/1151/comment-page-1#comment-9442 TexasFred Sun, 18 May 2008 02:30:19 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=1151#comment-9442 daveb, Thanks for stopping by, comments like this are always welcome... daveb, Thanks for stopping by, comments like this are always welcome…

]]> http://texasfred.net/archives/1151/comment-page-1#comment-9441 daveb Sun, 18 May 2008 02:26:23 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=1151#comment-9441 I agree with BobF. Luckly the on post family housing is now private contract with a civilian contractor. The money that was at one time taken away from the soldier when they moved into housing is now kept avaiable to take care of the housing. Before this the Dept. of the Army could use the money for what ever they saw fit. The on post single soldier barracks from what I have seen is not that bad. I have seen barracks taken down here at Fort Hood and assume that new ones will replace them. I am sure that there are substandard barracks here and have seen ones at Sill and Lee. This is my opinion. I agree with BobF. Luckly the on post family housing is now private contract with a civilian contractor. The money that was at one time taken away from the soldier when they moved into housing is now kept avaiable to take care of the housing. Before this the Dept. of the Army could use the money for what ever they saw fit. The on post single soldier barracks from what I have seen is not that bad. I have seen barracks taken down here at Fort Hood and assume that new ones will replace them. I am sure that there are substandard barracks here and have seen ones at Sill and Lee. This is my opinion.

]]> http://texasfred.net/archives/1151/comment-page-1#comment-9056 BobF Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:21 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=1151#comment-9056 I put the blame for this on the senior Army leadership. It doesn't have anything to do with who's in the White House or SecDef. Senior leadership chose to spend their money on weapons systems rather than upgrade their infrastructure. Many of these weapons systems were junk and never made it to the field but someone got a nice position with that defense contractor when they retired. Meanwhile, the troops live in substandard conditions here stateside. I put the blame for this on the senior Army leadership. It doesn’t have anything to do with who’s in the White House or SecDef. Senior leadership chose to spend their money on weapons systems rather than upgrade their infrastructure. Many of these weapons systems were junk and never made it to the field but someone got a nice position with that defense contractor when they retired. Meanwhile, the troops live in substandard conditions here stateside.

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