{"id":81565,"date":"2025-07-17T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/17\/navy-pledges-almost-300-million-for-new-barracks-on-guam\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:26:44","slug":"navy-pledges-almost-300-million-for-new-barracks-on-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/07\/17\/navy-pledges-almost-300-million-for-new-barracks-on-guam\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy pledges almost $300 million for new housing on Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy will construct new housing at a Guam Air Force base, the Navy announced Wednesday, several months after an independent government watchdog reported on subpar living conditions in the base\u2019s barracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy awarded a $297 million contract to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific to design and build replacement housing units at Andersen Air Force Base by December 2028, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navfac.navy.mil\/Home\/News-Detail\/Article\/4246340\/navy-awards-297-million-contract-to-replace-housing-units-at-andersen-air-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navfac.navy.mil\/Home\/News-Detail\/Article\/4246340\/navy-awards-297-million-contract-to-replace-housing-units-at-andersen-air-force\/\">according<\/a> to a Navy release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is another significant step forward in enhancing the infrastructure and resiliency of the base, following Super Typhoon Mawar,\u201d said Col. Dan Cooley, 36 Wing commander, in the release. \u201cThe new houses will provide better living conditions for our Airmen and their families, immediately increasing quality of life and allowing our service members to focus on carrying out the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project includes the design and construction of three- and four-bedroom housing units, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A May 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/investigations\/navy-secretary-appalled-by-barracks-conditions-in-guam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/investigations\/navy-secretary-appalled-by-barracks-conditions-in-guam\">report<\/a> published by the Project on Government Oversight, or POGO, detailed mold-infested walls and exposed electrical wiring at barracks on base, which led the Navy to conduct its own Navy-wide review of unaccompanied housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state of housing at Andersen was so dire that Navy Secretary Phelan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/06\/04\/guam-barracks-conditions-spur-navy-wide-housing-inspection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/06\/04\/guam-barracks-conditions-spur-navy-wide-housing-inspection\/\">ordered sailors<\/a> and Marines to be moved out within 10 days of his visit to Andersen\u2019s Palau Hall barracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI actually thought the buildings were condemned,\u201d Phelan told POGO. \u201cWhen we pulled up to them and saw what shape they\u2019re in, I was shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently five permanent party dormitory facilities at the Guam base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/About-Us\/Newcomers\/Andersen-AFB-Housing\/#:~:text=The%20permanent%20party%20dormitories%20consist,a%20pavilion%20and%20basketball%20court.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/About-Us\/Newcomers\/Andersen-AFB-Housing\/#:~:text=The%20permanent%20party%20dormitories%20consist,a%20pavilion%20and%20basketball%20court.\">according<\/a> to the Air Force. Conditions for other barracks were not markedly different than those at Palau, an Air Force spokesperson told POGO.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2025\/05\/01\/barracks-2030-isnt-a-fix-it-and-forget-it-effort-usmc-leaders-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Barracks-inspection-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Barracks 2030 isn\u2019t a \u2018fix it and forget it\u2019 effort, USMC leaders say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Marine Corps leaders discussed the future of the nearly $11 billion dollar housing initiative at Washington&#039;s Modern Day Marine conference.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By May 22, 25 Marines and 48 sailors had left the barracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Installations Command, sent a May 5 email to Navy leaders after Phelan\u2019s visit, condemning the \u201cclearly unacceptable living conditions\u201d and ordering inspections to be conducted by May 27. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gray ordered service members to be moved into better living conditions if their housing was poorly maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Damage from Typhoon Mawar in May 2023 was partly to blame for the barracks\u2019 deteriorating conditions, an Air Force spokesperson told Navy Times previously. After the storm, the Air Force estimated that it would need nearly $10 billion to properly rebuild facilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-guam-mawar-recovery-cost\/\" rel=\"\">according<\/a> to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a naval officer who spoke to POGO under the condition of anonymity said that any service member who\u2019s lived on the Guam base can agree they\u2019re \u201ccrappy quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ren\u00e9 Kladzyk, the author of the POGO report, spoke to Navy Times over the phone and said she still had concerns despite the new contract and attempted fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that sounds like a big number, but is that enough considering the level of need?\u201d Kladzyk said. \u201cGuam is in the midst of a pretty significant military build-up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint Region Marianas spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. 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