From: James Adams 

> Many of the Army Reserve and National Guard personnel in "medical
hold" at
> the base are living in steamy cement training barracks that they say are
> unacceptable for sick and injured soldiers.
>

After I watched the NBC news item on this I said to my bride that those
barracks were nicer than most of the ones I lived in while in the Marines
(1/71-1/73).

Except for boot camp and Intel training at Coronado all the barracks I
lived in, save one, were of the concrete type.  No A/C and about half had
no central heat, we had oil burning stoves.  About the nicest was a WWII
era wood building at Camp Pendleton.  No A/C but it sat on a hill
overlooking the ocean.  Nice breeze and view.

That said, there's no excuse for how long they have had to wait for medical
care.  If the Ft. Stewart hospital was overwhelmed they should have been
shipped to another base.

Have to ask my sister about this.  She recently retired from the Army Medical Corps.

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