Mold x Barracks x Advocacy
The United States Marine Corps, alone, needs $18,000,000,000 to raze, replace, and renovate barracks across the force. $18 billion. Just the Marine Corps.** Just barracks.
The painful fact of the matter is Congress is not going to write that check and they certainly are not going to write it all at once.
Whether we like it or not, childcare centers, barracks, gyms, and chow halls are not priority, despite our knowledge that they’re directly tied to quality of life. Will Congress continue to hold hearings questioning plummeting recruitment and retention? Absolutely. Will they continue to let quality of life projects fall to the bottom of the list? Likely.
And with substantial conflicts unfolding across nearly every combatant command, it’s a heartbreaking pattern I don’t see changing anytime soon.
But it could.
If you’re scrolling through your timeline, outraged about mold in a shower in a barracks, rather than merely sharing the post with some incendiary remarks,* I IMPLORE YOU to contact your state and federal representatives.
It’s easy to click share. I get it.
But it only takes a slight bit more effort to contact your representatives and impact true change.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease and, in the case of milcon, the loudest advocates get the money.
Squeak.
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Notes:
** My focus on Marine Corps needs does not mean I am any less aware of #qualityoflife issues facing the other branches.
* I love an incendiary social media post. Post, but please email your Congressmen as well.
#military #marinecorps #army #recruiting #retention #QOL #MQL #foreignaffairs #northcarolina #nc #semperfidelis #veteransstrengtheningamerica
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