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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sandensea
(21,530 posts)Autumn
(44,762 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread Tactical Peek.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)jpak
(41,742 posts)Is in need of repair as well.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-air-force/2019/03/27/tyndall-to-suffer-work-stoppage-in-may-unless-congress-grants-additional-funding-for-reconstruction/
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Yup
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)TomSlick
(11,035 posts)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.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)atreides1
(16,046 posts)He's now part of that cabal!!!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)didn't know they had been hit that hard. The best pizza I ever had was i shop in Jacksonville.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Fraudulent funding... Steal money from necessities, knowing it will have to be replaced.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)because they are scared to tell a President "No".
tiptonic
(765 posts)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.
RandiFan1290
(6,206 posts)They can have a yard sale, start a GoFundMe, or get donations from local churches.
Crowman2009
(2,478 posts)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.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)modrepub
(3,469 posts)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.
LogicFirst
(571 posts)from Honduras, etc. and redirect it to clean up this mess.
akraven
(1,975 posts)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)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.