Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

yes

As a company grade officer, if I had a legitimate reason that required me to come into garrison after hours or on a weekend, I did a walk about in the common spaces. I also felt that any loud ruckus/music that could be heard two doors down was an open invitation for me to knock on the door and see what was going on.

I say no but I do like CSM Michael J. Uhlig take on this matter. A presence but not room inspections. That is after-all their home. Our commander told our dorm leaders that he would do the inspections.

Of Coures, you are a sSoldier 24 hours a day 7 days a week

of course they should first of all is not invasion of privacy they're in the military regardless of what liberals of told us its not private we live to a different standard than liberal politicians and liberal civilians our job is NCOs is to make sure soldiers are fit for battle at any given time that also means morally and what's going on around them so yes you inspector barracks room if they are sloppy individual chances are they're going to be sloppy with everything else its up to the NCO to maintain discipline the barracks do not belong to the soldiers they belong to the military and it's up to the NCOs to make sure that military space is being taken care of properly just like any other piece of equipment when we do a TA 50 layout or anything else

On a random basis and have no set schedule. When you conduct a random courtesy visit the soldier may not always be present so conduct another on on another day. You are not doing inspections but courtesy visits to check on the soldier for his/her health, welfare, and general responsibilities (doing the right thing). Remember they are soldiers and need down time as well and not feel they still live at home with mom and dad. On the other hand your trouble soldiers may need more attention until they come around to doing the right thing all the time not just sometimes. Be professional about this at all times!!

Daily? Wow, that seems a bit excessive. I joined the Army in 1982 and lived in the barracks for several years. We didn't have daily inspections but we certainly had surprise inspections. And yes, sometimes they were on the weekend.

Back in the day Saturday morning was all about inspecting the barracks. Foot lockers and wall lockers had to be just so. That is where we displayed our tooth powder, shaving brushes, underwear rolled on cans, etc. Never did figure out how to have the seats on the heads pop up though. lol

SFC,

This does seem excessive and as the MSGT had alluded to earlier, there appears to be underlying issues that are not being stated. I can not see this contributing to anything besides lowering troop morale.

Staff Duty/CQ anyone? They prevent shenanigans and the like from going on.

Soldiers should have the time to blow off steam and let their hair down. Sure go check on them throughout the week to make sure they are generally living fine but unless your troop is high-risk then you should give them as much space as you can.

I was perturbed by this sort of thing when I first came in. Probably because I was 22 and already got the college mentality out of my system.
I was still perturbed by this sort of thing when I was a Platoon Sergeant and also had to do Courtesy Patrol. Babysitting was not my thing and was glad that I went the path I chose.