The soldiers are living in barracks buildings built in the 1970s in an area of Fort Bragg known as Smoke Bomb Hill. Base officials decided Aug. 4 that the barracks “no longer meet today’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning standards.”
A week after Army leaders at Fort Bragg, N.C., decided they must move 1,200 soldiers from a section of barracks because of mold and unsafe conditions, most of the troops are still living there.