So the infrastructure, the child care access, access to medical benefits, the housing that is there, that is where they live, that is also where they fight.
I think we need to have an emergency 24/7 backup capability that can't be taken out by surprise.
They've tried to present to me to how they feel it's survivable, I have not been convinced.
We've got to find a way to do that, and I'm going to be pushing this until we get resolution within DOD.
We're not here to accommodate eight people who just kicked us in the shins. They don't support our party in a sense. It'...
I have heard more from our military members and spouses... it has been more about the housing.
I think you have highlighted something that this committee knows we have got to focus on.
We have a recruiting and retention problem in our military right now. The quality of life isn't the only factors.
this isn't just a money problem, which it is and we need to know definitively what is it going to cost to get this right...
None of our members should be living in a room that is substandard.
Not good. And I hope our service chiefs are taking this personally. They need to.