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Construction work is shown May 10, 2022, in the 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., on a second new transient training troops barracks project on the post. (Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

During a recent tour of Schofield Barracks Hawaii, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth reiterated the service’s commitment to ensure that every soldier has a decent place to live and work.

“One of the reasons I am out here is to specifically focus on looking at infrastructure in Hawaii,” Wormuth told a town hall audience at Schofield that was livestreamed to a wider audience. She took a tour of living spaces on the base, some of which decidedly fell in the less-than-satisfactory category.

“The Army is spending about a billion dollars a year on new barracks, and we’re going to be doing that for the next 10 years,” Wormuth told the audience. “That is really, really important. I am looking at that with [Chief of Staff] Gen. [James C.] McConville to see whether we need to increase that annual investment into barracks, and if so, how we could do that.”

Other installations Army-wide also should expect barracks inspections by senior leadership, Wormuth said. The service intends to identify unsafe living conditions and determine a timetable to fix the worst problems first, she added.

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