Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with troops from several units on the sprawling Army post, talk with top officials at base commands, and host a discussion with service spouses, according to officials at the Pentagon and Fort Bragg.
Mold reports in barracks rooms at Fort Stewart skyrocketed in the weeks since thousands of the installation’s soldiers returned to the coastal Georgia Army post after a rapid deployment to Europe, forcing officials there to take a more intense look at what is causing the spike in fungus growth.
The bulk of soldiers in Fort Bragg, North Carolina's troubled Smoke Bomb Hill barracks have been relocated after Army leaders deemed those buildings to be unlivable, culminating years of rampant mold issues.