Medal of Honor Hero Dakota Meyer Shocked by US Military Barracks
Summary
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer said he found serious problems in military barracks, including a lack of hot water and air conditioning. As a senior adviser to the Pentagon’s barracks improvement task force, he has visited more than eight military installations and heard from service members about poor living conditions.Key Facts
- Meyer said some service members had gone a year without hot showers or slept in cars because their barracks were too hot.
- Meyer said only a couple of the barracks he had seen were in good condition.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth selected Meyer as a senior adviser to the barracks improvement task force.
- The task force was formed in October 2025 to speed up barracks repairs and improve living conditions.
- A 2023 Government Accountability Office report found that the Defense Department did not reliably assess barracks and had insufficient oversight.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed on July 4, 2025, allocated about $1.655 billion for military housing and related facilities.
- In May 2025, the Pentagon moved $1 billion from Army barracks maintenance and renovation funding to support the U.S.-Mexico border mission.
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