【视频】战争部长 Hegseth 任命荣誉勋章获得者 Dakota Meyer 为军营专责组高级顾问
华盛顿——战争部长 Pete Hegseth 10月19日宣布，任命荣誉勋章获得者 Dakota Meyer 为其军营专责组（Barracks Task Force）高级顾问。战争部表示，Meyer 将代表部长办公室走访全美各军事基地，直接听取官兵意见，查清军营设施的问题所在，并推动修缮。Hegseth 在宣布中表示，军人们「值得更好的待遇」。
军营专责组由战争部2025年10月的一份备忘录设立，任务是制定一份覆盖全部门的军营投资计划。美国政府问责局（Government Accountability Office，GAO）今年8月的一份报告估计，五角大楼的设施维护积压约为2,850亿美元。战争部此次宣布没有给出与这一顾问职务配套的预算、人员或时间表。
Meyer 2009年在阿富汗 Kunar 省的一场伏击战中多次进入险境营救受困人员，2011年获授荣誉勋章，是越战以来第一位在世获此荣誉的海军陆战队队员。他2010年退出现役，2025年重新加入海军陆战队预备役；今年7月，五角大楼表示他已加入 Hegseth 的幕僚团队担任特别助理，以特别政府雇员身份工作，同时保留预备役身份。
（GSM 据战争部官方发布）
[Video] Secretary Hegseth Appoints Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer as Senior Advisor for Barracks Task Force
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on October 19 appointed Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer to serve as his Senior Advisor for the Barracks Task Force. Meyer will represent the Secretary's office at military installations across the country, engaging directly with service members, identifying what is broken in the barracks and pushing to make sure the department fixes them, the Department of War said. Troops "deserve nothing less," Hegseth said in announcing the appointment.
The Barracks Task Force was created by an October 2025 memorandum to build a department-wide barracks investment plan. An August 2026 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) put the Pentagon's facility maintenance backlog at about $285 billion. The announcement did not specify a budget, staff or timeline attached to the new advisory role.
Meyer received the Medal of Honor in 2011 for his actions during a 2009 Taliban ambush in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, becoming the first living Marine recipient since the Vietnam War. He left active service in 2010 and re-enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 2025. In July 2026, the Pentagon said he had joined Hegseth's staff as a special assistant, serving as a special government employee while remaining a reservist.
(GSM, based on the U.S. Department of War release)
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图片来源：图：战争部长 Pete Hegseth（左）与 Dakota Meyer。图片来源：战争部（Department of War）官方发布。Photo: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (left) with Dakota Meyer. Source: U.S. Department of War.
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