{"id":160393,"date":"2024-08-30T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=160393"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:14:27","slug":"mice-roaches-mold-and-brown-water-in-military-living-and-dining-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=160393","title":{"rendered":"Mice, roaches, mold, and brown water in military living and dining areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Navy-Sailor-with-stained-coffee-cup-01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hots &amp; Cots said that they have collected photos from anonymous service members. These photos detail conditions in military housing and dining facilities. Hot &amp; Cots is just one of the advocacy groups operating in the interest of military personnel and their families. These groups complained about unsanitary and dangerous conditions at US military bases around the world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From NBC news:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In September 2023, the Government Accountability Office released a report highlighting poor living conditions in government-owned barracks and in military housing owned and operated by private companies. It included examples of housing with mold and mildew, broken windows and overflowing sewage, and recommended that the Department of Defense provide more oversight of housing. Among the problems the report identified were that DOD did not set clear inspection standards or provide guidance on how to address issues.Evans created Hots&amp;Cots, an app where service members can upload photos and reviews of housing and dining facilities anonymously, after reading the GAO report. Since starting the app, users have uploaded almost 8,000 photos and about 400 reviews, both positive and negative.<\/p>\n<p>Evans, who served in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard for 12 years, said he wanted to give men and women a way around the bottlenecks to getting help when faced with poor living conditions. While he told NBC News he did not face dangerous living conditions himself while in uniform, he did have deployments where the barracks were &#8220;not ideal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This stuff matters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If we are asking someone to enlist and serve their country, this matters.&#8221;He said it was &#8220;very disappointing&#8221; that the military had not yet addressed some known issues, but said there are leaders in the military who genuinely want to help and make changes.<\/p>\n<p>Evans said he allows people to report anonymously because it removes a barrier or fear of speaking the truth, especially for enlisted troops. Hots&amp;Cots does not collect personal or demographic information about users, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kube, C. (2024, August 27). Photos from U.S. military bases show mold, mice, roaches and brown water in living quarters and dining areas. <em>NBC News<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/investigations\/photos-us-military-bases-show-mold-mice-roaches-brown-water-rcna168368\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hots &amp; Cots said that they have collected photos from anonymous service members. 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