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Watchdog: US troops face 'unsanitary' border condition
The problems include "leaking raw sewage, non-functional toilets, and general disrepair of facilities," according to the report
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... Some US Army troops posted along the southern border as part of the Trump administration's heightened immigration enforcement efforts are living under substandard conditions in Texas and New Mexico, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general. The problems include "leaking raw sewage, non-functional toilets, and general disrepair of facilities," according to the report published Wednesday and signed by Bryan Clark, assistant inspector general for evaluations. The document included a photograph said to show "a dried layer of raw sewage that was leaking from the bathroom toilets." In addition, the report's authors said, "multiple soldiers living in the barracks informed us of electrical capacity concerns and continually nonfunctioning air conditioning." The troops affected are part of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team " a Colorado unit deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Doa Ana Range Complex in New Mexico, according to the report. ...
The problems include "leaking raw sewage, non-functional toilets, and general disrepair of facilities," according to the report published Wednesday and signed by Bryan Clark, assistant inspector general for evaluations.
The document included a photograph said to show "a dried layer of raw sewage that was leaking from the bathroom toilets." In addition, the report's authors said, "multiple soldiers living in the barracks informed us of electrical capacity concerns and continually nonfunctioning air conditioning."
The troops affected are part of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team " a Colorado unit deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Doa Ana Range Complex in New Mexico, according to the report. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-18 03:54 PM | Reply
"a dried layer of raw sewage that was leaking from the bathroom toilets."
They knew the risks when they signed up. --Republicans
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-18 03:57 PM | Reply
Units have non-functioning preventative medicine units. This should not need outside intervention.
#3 | Posted by mattm at 2025-12-18 05:43 PM | Reply
@# ... preventative medicine units. ...
a.k.a., toilets.
... This should not need outside intervention. ...
Apparently it does have that need.
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-18 08:18 PM | Reply
Texas is a shit hole.
#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-18 11:05 PM | Reply
I do not agree or disagree.
But my concern is that Pres Trump seems to want the people serving the Country to have to deal with squalid conditions.
This seems to be how Pres Trump treats those who have sworn their lives to serve the Constitution to protect the Country.
Squalid conditions.
#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-18 11:13 PM | Reply
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