Mold, asbestos and crumbling walls are among the problems documented at U.S. military bases in the Pacific, according to a report released Tuesday, Aug. 11, by the Department of War’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
The War Department OIG published the report after investigators visited 11 bases under U.S. Pacific Command in May 2025. They examined operations and communications infrastructure, as well as base housing. At Camp Courtney and Kadena and Yokota Air Bases in Japan, investigators found “visible corrosion, visible mold, visible fire damage, visible cracks on the building exterior and interior, visible concrete spalling and exposed rebar, water intrusion, lead-based paint asbestos-containing material and inoperable communication connections,” according to the report.
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