Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Eight groups that advocate for military personnel and families are calling on the Pentagon to address what they say are unsanitary and dangerous living conditions on U.S. bases worldwide, including mold, bad air, contaminated water, lead paint, and roaches and other pests. The effort, led by an organization called Hots&Cots, is meant to push the military to fix these issues now rather than wait for any renovations planned by the Pentagon, which the advocates argue could take years.
Evans created Hots&Cots, an app where service members can upload photos and reviews of housing and dining facilities anonymously, after reading the GAO report. Since starting the app, users have uploaded almost 8,000 photos and about 400 reviews, both positive and negative. Evans, who served in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard for 12 years, said he wanted to give men and women a way around the bottlenecks to getting help when faced with poor living conditions.
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