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The Army is asking Congress for a large budget increase to fund an improvement to the service’s barracks buildings that home junior troops, who have for years complained of almost dire living conditions in government-provided housing at installations across the world.<\/p>\n
The Army’s proposed budget for fiscal 2025 would see a “massive increase” in funding for the barracks, bumping the funds used to tackle the improvement of the service’s living quarters from $1.5 billion to $2.365 billion while seeking to triple its budget to construct new barracks buildings, according to a report from Military.com that was confirmed by Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
If approved by Congress, the branch’s overall $185.9 billion budget would mark an increase of just 0.2% over the previous year but would signal a continued shift in priorities for the nation’s largest military branch, which seeks to alleviate a recruiting crisis that has seen the Army fall short of its goals by thousands of recruits in recent years.<\/p>\n
TROOPS PLAGUED BY FILTHY CONDITIONS, SQUATTERS IN MILITARY BARRACKS: REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n