Late Deployments have Fort Riley Scrambling to House Soldiers

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Late Deployments have Fort Riley Scrambling to House Soldiers

AP

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Topeka,KS

2-6-06

Housing may get a little tighter in the next few weeks at Fort

Riley. Base officials say redeployments and delayed deployments mean

the base is now home to a lot more soldiers than they anticipated.

Mike Goreham of the Business Operations and Master Planning Division

says some soldiers may have to sleep in barracks that were slated

for major repairs.

Some of those facilities have plumbing problems and inefficient

heating and ventilating systems. He worries that could cause mold

and fungus to grow.

The base hasn't been able to do major renovations since portions of

the First Brigade, First Infantry Division stayed behind instead of

going to Iraq.

Goreham says more than 600 barracks spaces are under construction.