John Wayne Lives: We Trained And Had Lunch Together - Last Month
By Steven A. Castleton
May 7, 2009
After seeing the photo's and the videos of Military Housing and Medical facilities that appeared on YouTube and other places, I was anxious to see just how bad they really were.
As far as the Medical facilities, well I went and I saw. (web site)
This time I went looking for and found roaches, peeled paint, Gomer Pyle style barracks, mold and other deplorable conditions. I found food so unappealing that I longed for a "dirty water dog". I found conditions so deplorable that a video of this should be on YouTube. Oh wait a minute, YouTube is where and only where I found these conditions!
As with Military medical Facilities all too often members of Congress wait for a photo-op to complain about what's wrong. All too often they forget about funding for the daily maintenance and up keep that is needed for these facilities.
When it comes to appropriations for the military, somehow $74,000,000.00 in spending (yes $74 million...)gets added to the 2007 so-called U.S. Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act gave to peanut farmers (talk about a peanut allergy) gets added to the budget.
Congress gets to decide how much of our hard earned tax money goes to the Military. Yes, there are projects that should be eliminated, but I would like for them to explain how and why the following expenditures are more important than spending to protect and defend this great nation of our and increase the training and quality of life afforded the members of our Armed forces and their families:
$3.8 million for the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy in Detroit;
$1.9 million for the Pleasure Beach water taxi service in Connecticut;
$1.8 million for swine odor and manure management research in Ames, Iowa;
$380,000 for a recreation and fairgrounds area in Kotzebue, Alaska;
$143,000 for the Greater New Haven Labor History Association in Connecticut;
$95,000 for the Canton Symphony Orchestra Association in Ohio; and
$71,000 for Dance Theater Etcetera in Brooklyn for its Tolerance through Arts initiative.
A problem is a solution waiting to happen. The United States Army realized that they are not in the business of building and maintaining military housing. Did they wait for Congress to get around to providing living facilities and a standard of care that they afforded themselves for the men and women and their families who are defending us on the front lines in the War on Terrorism ( oh I forget, the new liberal medias politically INCORRECT term is "Overseas Contingency Operation")?
No they did not!
In 2003, Picerne Military Housing was selected by the U.S. Army to privatize family housing at Fort Bragg.
Picerne Military Housing was formed to partner with the U.S. military in order to address the challenges of providing safe, affordable, quality housing for America's military families and to enhance their quality of life and increase retention.
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