Mil.housing issues ‘predictable’

Privatized military housing is under fire. It started with a Feb. 13 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, where witnesses reported horrendous living conditions including "black mold, lead, and infestations of vermin, flooding, radon and faulty wiring." Family members testified that their complaints to private management companies’ representatives were often met with denials, resistance, and occasional retribution from those firms and military chains of command. None of this is acceptable. But given decisions made years ago, it was predictable. (Retired Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, author of the article, is director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense.) (Source: Military.com OPINION 04/02/19)