2008-05-09 23:41:09 -

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Army said Friday it will immediately repair barracks at eight U.S. facilities in the wake of inspection at bases worldwide.
The inspections were done the last week of April and covered nearly 150,000 barracks rooms. They found that 45 repairs needed priority attention, including new heating and cooling equipment, repainting,

mold removal and other work.
Army Secretary Pete Geren has said that $248 million (¤160 million) in emergency funds has been appropriated to fix problems found during the inspections.
So far, the Army has had to relocate 13 soldiers in order to make the needed repairs.
Officials are scrambling to make the repairs after a soldier's father posted a video on YouTube last month showing the dilapidated barracks for paratroopers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The Army on Friday identified eight installations that will get priority attention: Fort Bragg; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Fort Lewis, Washington; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York; Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.

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