Fort Leonard Wood GUIDON
Sgt. 1st Class Maximilian Saalmann is the new mayor of Eagle Point neighborhood. The hope is the mayor program will improve life for families living on post at Fort Leonard Wood.
Fort Leonard Wood is bringing back its neighborhood mayor program in an attempt to improve life for the 15,000 soldiers and family members who live on the nearly 100-square-mile Army installation in the Missouri Ozarks.
The move comes as criticism of on-base housing across the country continues.
A report from the Government Accountability Office in March concluded that oversight of maintenance and conditions at housing at military bases remains too limited to ensure that soldiers and their families aren’t living in substandard conditions.