And a Department of Defense (DOD) report says the damage is so sever, it is “unrepairable.” Afghan nationals housed at U.S. bases overseas and in six states cost military branches more than $535 million in damages and consumables according to findings released by the Department of Defense inspector general. A Texas congressman is now demanding answers.
Manchester Times Those housed at eight military bases in the six states cost the bases $362.63 million in depleted resources and damages to facilities. This included $257.48 million in damages to base facilities, making some buildings and infrastructure unusable for U.S. troops, and over $105 million in equipment and replaceable consumable items used, and weakening military readiness.
Afghan-related damages totaled more than $150 million at U.S. bases in Germany, more than $3 million in bases in Spain and Germany and over $20 million at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The inspector general findings reveal the U.S. Army reported the greatest domestic base losses of $188.81 million, followed by the Air Force’s $150.14 million.
In August 2021, President Joe Biden withdrew U.S. troops from Afghanistan, turning it over to the Taliban, the Islamic terrorist organization U.S. troops fought for 20 years. Leaving thousands of Americans stranded, and over $7 billion worth of weapons, ammunition and equipment, the Department of Defense “executed the largest airlift in U.S. history, evacuating more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan in just 17 days,” the report states. Thirteen service members were killed during the withdrawal.
Afghans were housed in U.S. military bases through February 2022; as their visas were processed they were released into the U.S.
In the U.S., they were housed at Fort Bliss in Texas; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey; Fort McCoy in Wisconsin; Camp Atterbury in Indiana; Fort Pickett, Fort Lee and Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia; and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, with the majority being housed at Fort McCoy, Fort Bliss and Fort Pickett.
But at least 44,000 weren’t housed in military bases whose whereabouts were unknown within months of entering the U.S., prompting U.S. senators to demand answers from Department of Homeland Security.
According to the report, damages caused by “guests” were described by Air Force officials as “unrepairable.” “Air Force officials described tables, chairs, and cots broken by guests and tents and cots ruined by spray paint, human biological matter, and holes,” the report states; materials were “completely depleted, such that no materials remain available for other real-world missions.”
Holloman AFB said Afghans depleted $18 million worth of their medical equipment. “There were at least $2.5 million in damages to Navy installations that did not have permits to house refugees,” the report states.
Camp Atterbury in Indiana, which housed about 7,000 refugees during Operation Allies Welcome, suffered 16 million in damages “to replace mattresses and furniture and repair floors, doors, windows, plumbing, fire alarm systems, and landscaping.”
Only $259.5 million in restoration and repair funding requests for the eight bases resulting from OAW was approved, due to technicalities. The report notes that the Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized funds to be limited to specific repairs and restoration activities three months after assessment of damages was presented.
Due to several factors, the DOD was holding bases responsible to pay at least $103.1 million worth of damages from their own budgets. Costs include replenishing depleted stocks of medical equipment, repairing infrastructure, refilling supplies of consumable goods, and restoring basic facility items.
Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez, whose district includes Fort Bliss, expressed “alarm” about the findings of the report in a letter to Defense Department officials.
Gonzalez also requested the DOD explain when base repairs would be completed and “how the costs to repair the damages to these facilities will shortchange the activities for other military readiness priorities.”
The DOD also didn’t approve all requests made by the bases overseas or by the Marine Corps.
snate says
First of all, these weren’t the Afghans that helped fight. These people were brought in by our corrupt government. 99% believe that if they feel their religion is ‘disrespected’, that person should be KILLED. Also, why should we have them come here? We tried to help these people, and they and their commender ran away with our money! This is all a ploy to conquer America for Islam. Subscribe to our infiltrated State Department emails. You’ll realize that it looks as if bin Laden is running the US. Also, Islam is fighting to turn black Americans to fight against us. In Georgia, with a population of under 7800 Muslims, they’ve open 8000 mosques! In addition, no one enslaved the blacks like Islam did. According to a Muslim intellectual, they worked them to death and did not let them have children. Anyone left was killed outright. But, no one is allowed to tell the truth about these IslamoNazis. This religion won’t just kill Jews, they’ll kill Christians, Hindus, Atheists, all the letters in LGBTQ, etc. But they lie, say they support Jesus Christ, and will tell you want you want to hear.
We must insist that the next president deport them and other Muslims in this country.
One last thing…. Anyone hear of the ISIS “Beatle” beheader, that was extradited from the UK in April? He was sent to the Pennsylvania CANAAN prison, and he’s been MISSING since last week. I’ve not seen any other information about this terrorist! Why? We know why, right?
Absolutely sick of this!
Richard S. says
Beheadings coming to America near you!
ME Infidel says
Bleeding heart liberals created this problem; now we’re left with trying to manage the mess. Notice that the wife is apparently pregnant in this clip?
Here’s a clue: Don’t import 76,000 unskilled, unemployable, non-English speaking would be jihadists in the first damn place!
m. colson says
sniffer joe, keep sucking sand-dindu dick & swallowing
Az gsl says
The living quarters are totaled by the Muslum scum. Burn to the ground & start over. Next time house them in pig pens.
xenonman says
Yes, but only burn them down when they are being occupied by the mudslimes.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Wow thats alot of damage and money. You should take a long good look at germany then we have them here way longer than you and the damage and costs that they make and have are astronomical. The count here is nothing to what they do here. Germany payes for the ones in it over 100 billion tax euros and that every year and as i write the count goes up then the import hasnt stopped or slowed down so get ready to pay and lose all your money and homes just like us here in germany and soon your politicians will tell you that they have rights but when you ask what are yours, well there you see your right is to pay all and to tolerate all, no more no less than to say anything about it is nazi islamophob……. Soon cometh the hour of power and all of this nonsense will have an end.
rightrightright says
They are merely replacing an alien civilisation with the Afghani way of life that is more comfortable to them.
xenonman says
including living in their own raw sewage.
US infidel says
should put them in tents in a compound surrounded by concentina wire ungratefull mooches
xenonman says
…and then encourage them to jump those fences! lol
keithmj says
Life will go on as usual and nothing will ever be done about what is happening or they will push it under the rug. They need to send them back.
Fritz the Cat says
Any surprises?
We are not winning.
We are losing.
We only heard the word “winning” under Trump.
xenonman says
Why the heck were the even brought over here in the first place? Now we’re stuck with them for life!
xenonman says
with friends like this, why do we need enemies?
countryadam578 says
We are importing legal and illegal races of people which one day could rise up with a huge amount of deaths and damage. Amerika has now a standing army inside our borders. Round them up and export them all. Our government has no interest to keeping a watch and recording the where-abouts of these muslim invaders.
xenonman says
The Government lacks the “cojones’ to round them up and deport the mudslimes.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Right and every european country has a standing army inside it and they grow daily. Me thinks that this is wanted then our system gives us too much freedom and we even can own stuff and that is not wanted, i think that there will soon be war and our politicians will not be on our side or why do they import this millitary arm to us??.