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https://www.foxnews.com/us/troops-plagued-filthy-conditions-squatter-military-barracks

CW: suicideIn one extreme case, officials at one installation told GAO investigators that "service members are responsible for cleaning biological waste that may remain in a barracks room after a suicide."

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I was stationed in San Diego back in the 90s there was a barracks I lived in temporarily that we were told was supposed to be condemned for various reasons but was left open for years, as overflow. I don"t know if that was true, but I know you could tell when someone would flush a toilet in the building because a massive wave of cockroaches would emerge from the manhole cover behind the building, only to recede back in a few minutes later. We tried not to think of the physics of how many roaches must've been in there for that to be necessary.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is an incredible detail I am stealing the fuck out of for a story

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Lol, go wild with it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm both horrified and curious about the roach-waste wave physics.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Like it'd have to be a lot, right?!