Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a “barracks task force” this week, aimed at addressing living conditions for U.S. service members.
Hegseth said the task force will be responsible for creating a department-wide barracks investment plan within 30 days. He added that President Donald Trump’s budget, which was signed into law this past summer, allocated over $1 billion as initial funding for this initiative.
“We are going to fix the barracks issue across all of our services, because two years ago, the Government Accountability Office released a report that said, quote, ‘poor living conditions undermine quality of life and readiness,'” Hegseth said, referring to the 2023 Government Accountability Office report.
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