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The Trump administration plans to reallocate $2.6 billion in military housing funds to give $1,776 bonuses to service members, called 'warrior dividends,' in celebration of the nation's 1776 founding.
Despite improvements made by the Army and Balfour Beatty Communities, military families at Fort Gordon, Georgia, are still struggling to get mold and other hazards fixed. A follow-up report released by Sen. Jon Ossoff revealed that Balfour Beatty Communities is still ignoring residents' concerns about filthy living conditions, including rampant mold and leaking sewage. Last year, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a bipartisan investigation that depicted Balfour Beatty ignoring residents' concerns about mold, asbestos, and other dangerous living conditions.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered improvements in access to mental health care to reduce suicides in the military, but has deferred action on more controversial recommendations to restrict gun and ammunition purchases by young troops, sending them to another panel for study. Austin called for the establishment of a suicide prevention working group to assess the advisability and feasibility of recommendations made by the initial study committee, which would include the gun measures. The initial study committee recommended that the department require anyone living in military housing to register all privately owned firearms.