Navy eyes BAH increases, barracks updates to house more sailors ashore
The Navy has relocated 4,500 sailors who’d been living afloat to shore-based housing, and is working to expand housing access to more troops.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Refurbishment causes Air Force base residents to seek off-base housing
The RAF Croughton, England, housing office is assisting residents that are required to move off base with finding accommodations.
Air Force to conduct full inspection of all service members’ dorms
A new memo calls for commanders to relocate airmen who are found to be living in dirty, uncomfortable or unsanitary rooms.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
A new barracks task force aims to improve military living conditions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has formed a new “barracks task force” to improve living conditions for U.S. service members in barracks across the globe.
By Carla Babb
Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD
Given the Defense Department's history with family housing privatization, the Pentagon should "move cautiously," one senator said.
By Karen Jowers
Marines expand barracks refresh project to more West Coast locations
Deferred maintenance and funding shortfalls have worn down Marine housing over decades. "Operation Clean Sweep" was created to address immediate concerns.
By Todd South
Fort Irwin breaks ground on first privatized junior enlisted barracks
The project will feature two-bedroom, two-bathroom units with shared kitchens, plus community amenities, including a pool and clubhouse with TVs.
By Karen Jowers
Navy pledges almost $300 million for new housing on Guam
In May, an independent government watchdog released a report on subpar barracks conditions on Andersen Air Force Base.
By Riley Ceder
Schofield soldier pleads guilty to killing, dismembering pregnant wife
As part of a plea agreement, Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II admitted to killing his pregnant wife with a machete at their Hawaii home last summer.
By Riley Ceder
Guam barracks conditions spur Navy-wide housing inspection
Navy Secretary John Phelan was so appalled by the barracks at Andersen Air Force Base that he ordered Marines and sailors to be moved out.
By Riley Ceder
Barracks 2030 isn’t a ‘fix it and forget it’ effort, USMC leaders say
Marine Corps leaders discussed the future of the nearly $11 billion dollar housing initiative at Washington's Modern Day Marine conference.
By Riley Ceder
Marine Corps may scrap plan for SNCO barracks RAs over legal issue
A nearly $11 billion plan to overhaul Marine barracks by 2037 may have to ditch a plan that would have placed SNCOs in enlisted barracks to mentor Marines.
By Hope Hodge Seck