Servicemembers have described no hot water and other problems that lawmakers have raised concerns over.
to the Navy secretary on Thursday, Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Rep. Jamie Raskin said they were deeply concerned about problems ranging from no hot water to broken air conditioning at Comfort Hall and Sanctuary Hall, two barracks buildings for junior-enlisted sailors and soldiers at Naval Support Activity Bethesda. The buildings were built or opened in 1986 and 2014, respectively.
Servicemembers described enduring a lack of hot water for years and did not believe leadership was addressing the problems. The Navy Times reported in Brooks said officials failed to effectively communicate with residents of the barracks about efforts to make repairs. Officials have since created a website toStory continues below advertisement
Asked why it was only just now that hot-water repairs were being completed despite years of problems, Brooks noted that some past attempts at repairs were unsuccessful, and that this time the Navy provided necessary additional resources to assist them in relocating the service members to hotel rooms so that repairs could be finished.“We got the help that we needed, and we are happy to have that assistance from the Navy to get this stuff addressed,” he said.
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