Our Armed Forces living conditions

[I.Don No]

I have just heard on the radio about conditions in one location where our chaps and chappesses are expected to live (and pay for). Human excrement running along where they have to walk from the living accommodation to the shower block.

Is this the way Gordon Brown shows respect for our armed services? Yes, as it happens.

Absolutely disgraceful.

[RaspberryCat]

Yes, its as bad as they say. Mold in kitchens where you prepare food and they won't do anything about anymore - if you want the mold treated you have to do it yourself!

[I.Don No]

does anyone know why prisoners are treated better than our military personnel?

[pusspuss]

simple brown in power

[youngmafbog]

Plently of do gooding pinko liberals on this site should be able to tell you.

[anotheoldgit]

This also shows how much our goverment thinks of our armed forces.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=559739&in_page_i d=1770

[4GS]

The M.O.D doesn't own housing stock any more, this used to fall under the jurisdiction of the PSA:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence /CorporatePublications/FinancialReports/ModPub licServiceAgreementpsa200304To200506TechnicalN otes.htm



but a few years ago they were made to sell of all their houses to private contractors and rent them back for the use of service personell, yet another cost-cutting excersise by the penny pinching Government.

[Kathyan]

Cost cutting John? Doesn't it cost more to rent them back than it did to own them?

[sp1214]

No wonder our soldiers are glad to be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to escape the stench.

[buildersmate]

Too much of a simplification chaps.
Its only the married quarters' housing that was subject to the contract with Annington Homes under the sell and leaseback arrangement. The idea was that requirement for such housing would decline, so the leaseback would gradually reduce. With drawdown from Germany bringing Army personnel back here (and other reasons) the reduction in need for married quarters hasn't happened as fast.

The questioner is presumably talking about Single Living Accommodation (barracks). An extra �1bn - yes one billion - was allocated in 2001 over 10 years and the programme has delivered hundreds of new accommodation units since then. So very many of the units are in far better shape than they were - it was (and still is) a reason why service personnel were leaving the Forces, so something had to be done. Details here.
http://www.army.mod.uk/servingsoldier/condofse rv/accommodation/singlelvgaccn/sw_ss_slam_slam _w.html

Of course some smart-ar**d reporter is always going to find the exception that hasn't modernised yet.