Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

I think daily checks is absolutely ridiculous. I agree Msgt Holt that there may be more going on here. Now if the soldiers have continually left the barracks a disgrace then I get it, however, if it’s just a new policy by some gun ho commander than I think that commander is an idiot. If your doing it like that, you should do daily checks on all soldiers including those not in the barracks.

The primary mission of an NCO is the take care of their people. Health and welfare iis part of the process of maintaining or improving morale. To answer the young PFCs remarks, this also pertains to those that live outside the barracks.

In the lance and below have to be there for room inspections its just going to pisses them off. Who wants to have there weekends interupted with a room inspection if they have to be present? Who wants some one going through their personal effects if they dont have to be there? Who wants to be told they have to field day on the weekend just because whoever is inspecting is in a shitty ass mood and wants to nitpick about something really stupid?

Weekend barracks inspection WTF
CQ did that on common areas when I was in late 80's fuck that

I would say there is an underlying problem that needs to be addressed. Without knowing what this is, it’s hard to armchair this one.

Health and welfare checks on both single and married soldiers should be conducted by leadership periodically. It’s called taking care of soldiers and ensuring a disciplined fighting force.

You build quality in, not inspect it in.

Yes I did when I was stationed in USAEUR. Also, I checked rations cards of all my men and would visit my married Soldiers at their quarters. The purpose is to see how your troop live when not supervised. I would check barracks onece a month on random days Saturday or Sundays. Married Soldiers was once or twice depending on how their families were supported. I once had a sergent that had a ration card that was full of liquor punches. I paid him a visit and his kids had no shoes and his wife wore a field jacket as a coat. The next Monday, I ripped his ass at a formal counseling session. Rations cards were good indicators of unauthorized behavior. Why would a private have a mxed out ration card on coffee? Young troops will do what they can get away with. The army has rules and an NCO should check his troops on the weekends to include to make appointments to vist the off base troops.

I totally agree having leadership “ nearby” on weekends it can do things like checking on the real property (washers/dryers/heat/air conditioning) so soldiers responsible for fixing other than dpw issues!!

I agree with CSM Uhlig, check the common areas for general cleanliness and neatness.

Married soldier quarters , on and off post are different in that you have family members living there, they have rights to their privacy. That being said, I expected immediate supervisors to know where their subordinates lived and know whether the troop was keeping a generally accepted cleanliness and order to their quarters. Officers in my unit, both junior and superior, were invited to my residence. Now those occasions were social in nature, but there still was a check being conducted as to the state of living conditions.