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Filthy Barracks Video Sparks Clean Up

Posted Apr 29, 08 6:25 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – The Pentagon ordered filthy barracks at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and garrisons throughout the US Army cleaned up after a soldier's father posted embarrassing images of foul living conditions on YouTube. The dad welcomed his 22-year-old son home safe from Afghanistan, but was horrified by the living conditions at Fort Bragg documented in his son's photos. Generals not only ordered barracks cleaned, but apologized to father and son.

"This is embarrassing, this is disgusting and it makes me mad as hell," the father says in the video. "If these buildings were in any city in America and were called apartments or dormitories, they would be condemned."

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Members of the 82d Airborne on ptrol in Afghanistan. Conditions awaiting them at home in Fort Bragg shocked one military dad.   (KRT Photos)
Sewage problems at Fort Bragg. Conditions at the garrison shocked one military dad.   (YouTube)
A toilet fixed with cardboard and tape at Fort Bragg. Conditions at the garrison shocked one military dad.   (YiouTube)
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