Photos: The Enemy Within – Surprise Inspections Find Grotesque Pattern at US Military Barracks
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There's absolutely no reason for military toilets to look like that. When I was in the USAF 35 years ago, we had rotating CQ duty, where on resident in each barrack building would work there that week. One of the primary duties was cleaning the bathrooms - we had to scrub each toilet everyday and leave a bit of pine oil in the bowl to keep things smelling fresh. We also had to clean out the showers, sinks mirrors, day rooms, etc. Mondays were usually the worst, while the rest of the week, it would go a little quicker. We had plungers to unclog toilets when necessary, and if we couldn't free one up, we'd call the CE squadron over to snake it.
I don't know the "why", but this article seems fake to me. These look like pictures from abandoned bases. How would a squatter get on an active military base? And how would the MPs/SPs not be able to arrest him and keep him from returning?
Fire extinguishers in "moldy" boxes - that's not mold, that's rust.
I do remember hearing about one of the bathrooms where I was stationed, having black mold, but it was addressed pretty quickly.
IF these pictures are real, and this is an indication of the current living conditions of our military, yes, standards have dropped way below human living conditions and leadership needs to be overhauled.
A lot of bases also have a contractor operated self help store (small hardware store) where they can buy DIY supplies to fix their dorm rooms, houses in base housing and unit facilities.
I know Civil Engineering used to keep one room looking awful so they could walk members of Congress through it on a base visit as a way to score more funding. Maybe that is what is going on here.