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Tactical Peek

(1,204 posts)
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:26 PM Mar 2019

Camp Lejeune is still a mess 6 months after Hurricane Florence. Where's the money for repairs?

Source: NBC


Camp Lejeune is still a mess 6 months after Hurricane Florence. Where's the money for repairs?

The Marine Corps' top general says one "negative factor" delaying repairs is the diversion of resources to the military mission at the U.S.-Mexico border.

March 30, 2019, 1:10 PM CDT
By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — More than six months after Hurricane Florence ravaged North Carolina, hundreds of buildings at Camp Lejeune and two other nearby Marine Corps installations remain frozen in time, with walls still caved in and roofs missing.

The Marines say they need $3.6 billion to repair the damage to more than 900 buildings at Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point caused by the storm and catastrophic flooding in its aftermath. And while they have torn down soggy, moldy walls, put tarps on roofs and moved Marines into trailers, so far they have not received a penny from the federal government to fix the damage.

Now the Marine Corps' top officer is warning that readiness at Camp Lejeune — home to one third of the Corps' total combat power — is degraded and "will continue to degrade given current conditions." In a recent memo to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller cited, among other "negative factors," the diversion of resources to the border, where the Trump administration has sent active-duty troops to patrol and plans to use military funding to pay for a wall.

"Mister Secretary, I am asking for your assistance," wrote Neller in his memo, his second this year requesting that Spencer push Congress to provide more funds. "The hurricane season is only three months away, and we have Marines, Sailors, and civilians working in compromised structures."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/camp-lejeune-still-mess-6-months-after-hurricane-florence-where-n986456?cid=public-rss_20190330



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Camp Lejeune is still a mess 6 months after Hurricane Florence. Where's the money for repairs? (Original Post) Tactical Peek Mar 2019 OP
Ask Ivanka. sandensea Mar 2019 #1
Pentagon is more concerned about getting money for Trumps wall. Autumn Mar 2019 #2
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #3
Trump diverted the funding to "Bone Spur Research" left-of-center2012 Mar 2019 #4
And Tyndall AFB Florida - which WAS home to the F-22- before Hurricane Micheal jpak Mar 2019 #5
and Offut AF Base in Nebraska keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #10
Hell of a way to support the troops, Cadet Bone Spurs! jmowreader Mar 2019 #6
This is intolerable! TomSlick Mar 2019 #7
Bankrupting the nation has been Trump and Vlad's plan all along. sarcasmo Mar 2019 #8
Don't forget Mulvaney atreides1 Mar 2019 #14
Last time I was at Camp Lejeune was back in the 80's yaesu Mar 2019 #9
Fraudulent funding... Steal money from necessities, knowing it will have to be replaced. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #11
These happen when the Senate majority party has less of a spine than a school of jellyfish cstanleytech Mar 2019 #12
Putin tiptonic Mar 2019 #13
They voted for him RandiFan1290 Mar 2019 #15
Of course half of the Marines will bow and grovel to the orange shitgibbon in spite of this. Crowman2009 Mar 2019 #16
+1 dalton99a Mar 2019 #18
The USA has the biggest military budget of any nation but no money for hurricane repairs. n/t CottonBear Mar 2019 #17
No Way Of Tracking $ modrepub Mar 2019 #19
Take the money LogicFirst Mar 2019 #20
Gives the orange shitgibbon a total FUBAR. akraven Mar 2019 #21
t is a matter of priorities Timmygoat Apr 2019 #22

TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
7. This is intolerable!
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:58 PM
Mar 2019

The GOP has said for years that it is the party of national defense. Now they stand idly by while the Orange Abomination diverts funds from the military for his damned wall. And the GOP Senate cannot muster the courage to override the veto on the bill stopping the ersatz "national emergency."

Never again can the GOP claim to be concerned about the military. Damn them.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
9. Last time I was at Camp Lejeune was back in the 80's
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:19 PM
Mar 2019

didn't know they had been hit that hard. The best pizza I ever had was i shop in Jacksonville.

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
11. Fraudulent funding... Steal money from necessities, knowing it will have to be replaced.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:29 PM
Mar 2019

Fraudulent funding... Steal money from necessities, knowing it will have to be replaced.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
12. These happen when the Senate majority party has less of a spine than a school of jellyfish
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:58 PM
Mar 2019

because they are scared to tell a President "No".

tiptonic

(765 posts)
13. Putin
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 08:44 PM
Mar 2019

Looks like Putin will be very pleased, with this lack of action , from our 'dear leader'. If this keeps up, Russia will have a base all ready and waiting for them , on our east coast.

Crowman2009

(2,478 posts)
16. Of course half of the Marines will bow and grovel to the orange shitgibbon in spite of this.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:00 AM
Mar 2019

I've been in the USMC, and it's chock full of right-wing nutjobs. Plus, they always have FAUX on the TVs in the chow halls.

modrepub

(3,469 posts)
19. No Way Of Tracking $
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 12:34 PM
Mar 2019

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the US military may be the only government entity exempt from general accounting principles that are set up to help track where money is going and to make sure the money was spent for a specific allocation. Without these principles no one should be surprised when things like this happen.

akraven

(1,975 posts)
21. Gives the orange shitgibbon a total FUBAR.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 03:53 PM
Mar 2019

My best friend - and retired Marine - was also my matron of honor at my wedding lo, many years ago. This shit is insane.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
22. t is a matter of priorities
Mon Apr 1, 2019, 07:46 AM
Apr 2019

The Orange one has to have his long weekends at Mar El Logo, they are more importance than anything else, perhaps the military could manage with tents. He is already stealing from the pentagon to pay for his wall.

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