Army Privatizes Homes for Soldiers

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Army Privatizes Homes for Soldiers
Army News Service | C. Todd Lopez | January 30, 2008

WASHINGTON - As part of the Residential Communities Initiative, the Army is privatizing housing for Soldiers and their families, and a pilot program under RCI is also providing billeting for unaccompanied NCOs and officers.

At five installations -- Fort Irwin, Calf.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; and Fort Bliss, Texas -- the Army's commercial partners under RCI are building privatized apartments for unaccompanied Soldiers.

On Fort Irwin, 200 new apartments fill a gap in the commercial housing market off post, said Ivan Bolden, the Army's public and private initiatives and competitive sourcing division chief for RCI.

"Before we begin, we look out into the economy to see if there is something that is adequate, that meets the standard and is affordable," said Bolden.

"If there is nothing there, like at Fort Irwin, then you can do some pilot programs like this one."


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,161117,00.html

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1. The Carlyle Group can now extend its buying spree of facilities to the military homes.

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2. In my day if you were "unaccompanied" you lived in the barracks.

Of course as an E-4 making $186/mo you could afford anything else. Then they jumped my pay up to $330 and I thought I was rich.

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3. All a soldier has to do anymore is the dying to protect the mercs and civies