Some brought their kids, who they said had been sickened by mold and pest infestations in their military housing -- something they say has been ignored or begrudgingly addressed with sloppy maintenance by indifferent property managers. Others brought nondisclosure agreements private housing companies wanted them to sign before they would listen to complaints. They came from Fort Benning, Georgia; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; the Army's Presidio of Monterey, California; Dover Air Force Base, Delaware; Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia; and other installations to a Senate hearing room last week on the off chance of telling their stories to top leadership. The occasion was a rare gathering of all the service chiefs and secretaries to testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the crisis in the construction and maintenance of privatized housing on military installations nationwide. Read more on Military.com.
'We Were All Sick:' Military Families Take Housing Horror Stories to Capitol Hill
