American war hero details dire living conditions US troops face as Hegseth taps him to 'fix' it
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer is touring US military bases to fix decades of severe neglect and terrible living conditions in base barracks.

Inside the ‘decades of neglect’ plaguing US military barracks

Some troops have gone a year without hot water. Others are sleeping in their cars to escape barracks without air conditioning. And some are asking for little more than drywall, spackle and paint so they can make repairs themselves.

Those are among the conditions Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer says he has encountered while touring military installations on a mission from War Secretary Pete Hegseth: Fix a barracks system plagued by decades of neglect.