EL PASO, Texas -- The Spires family, who live on Fort Bliss, said their first government home was infested with termites, mice and mold, and the military moved them out of that home immediately. When the Spires got to their second home on post, it also had a mold problem, and they said the military did nothing to fix it.

"We lived in the house for seven months and with that level of high toxic molds, I mean they had flu-like conditions, my son has a huge skin rash, my daughter missed 13 days of school," said Nicole Spires. "They said they would get a mold inspector out, but then they told me that mold doesn't exist in El Paso."

Spires went to the doctor's office, and came back with notes "recommending alternate living quarters."

"I had doctor's notes, I took them to the manager and the assistant manager, and they said doctor's notes don't matter to them," said Spires.

So Spires took matters into her own hands.

"We hired our own mold inspector and it came back that we had the highest level of molds, every kind of mold including the toxic black mold," said Spires.

She had to go through her husband's chain of command to finally move out, into a new home on post in February.

"It's very difficult, with two kids and they're always sick, you know, and I've run out of people to turn to, nobody wants to help," Spires told KFOX. "We shouldn't be treated like second-class citizens, especially when our husbands are fighting for their freedom."

Fort Bliss officials said they have opened an investigation into what happened with Spires' old house, and that they should have a response by Monday.

Spires said the most difficult part has been having to do all of this on her own, because her husband is in training preparing to go to Iraq.