Army doubling up soldiers in Hawaii barracks to meet housing demand

The Army is assigning roommates to soldiers in barracks in Hawaii as it adds more troops to the region and continues renovating several aging facilities on Oahu. Army leaders met Tuesday with troops to detail their plans to house single soldiers during a planned buildup of roughly 690 service members this year on the island. According to U.S.

Army Garrison Hawaii Commander Col. Rachel Sullivan, the service is placing the roughly 690 service members into 350 rooms that share a bathroom and kitchen with another room of two soldiers. The arrangement violates current Army regulations, which require that lower enlisted ranks live with no more than one other person in a place with a minimum square footage standard and shared bathroom and kitchen or kitchenette for two.

But Sullivan said the Army