Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

No. Unless the service member has earned it. Let them have their time off.

I go through the common areas about once a week, maybe less. My platoon sergeants go through a few times a week. The NCOs living are obviously there every day. We check rooms in an unobtrusive manner, though, by just stopping by and talking to soldiers. By the way, we do the same thing for senior people. When I was a Specialist I remember my platoon sergeant stopping by my house a few times. He would just being saying "hi" and ask if me or my family needed anything. But he was also checking out how I was living. We need to get away from conflating inspection with intrusion. Yes, check the barracks, check the rooms, but also check the rest!

Years ago enlisted housing was inspected, as a health and warefare inspecton.

I am very surprised knowing there are so many senior NCOs who believe they’re inspecting the Barrick is not necessary when we know it should be at least once a week to ensure the soldiers on maintaining the standers . Their was a time when Mary soldiers living on poles were required to have the house inspected since they changed to civilian contractors they no longer Mary soldiers live in impose were required to have the house inspected since they change to civilian contractors they no longer require to be inspected. We must maintain Discipline and the Barricks is a priority due to personal hygiene’s.

As a Soldier who lived in the barracks for nearly 10 years I would say this is highly unfair. We can't inspect Soldier housing because of the spouses, so how is it fair to do the same to single Soldiers. All this does is force Soldiers into some crappy contract marriage or an ill advised marriage to some crazy person just to get out of the barracks. High risk Soldiers are a different story, but it should be limited to those considered high risk. Why do this to good Soldiers that tow the line? The Army wants to have EO programs so there is what they consider equality yet they continue to overlook the rights of single Soldiers. I am married with kids and I still believe this is wrong. When my first son was born I was denied paternity leave because I wasn't married so they told me, "I could just be saying the kid is mine to get free leave." This is ubsurd and unfair to parents that either do not want to get married or just want to be a parent to their child and to say that someone would claim a child that isn't theirs would be the rule not the exception is not only discrimination, but ridiculous all together. It is bad enough that Soldiers in the barracks are the first ones to be called for anything (especially NCO's) why put them through more nonsense?

In the 60's, we did not have weekend inspection. We lived in open squad bays. Duty NCO made walk troughs once a day. Deffienies were reported to the Gunny, and fields days were usually the result.

Unannounced weekly barracks check should suffice until you find issues. Then they should become more often for those who can't maintain their barracks without adult supervision.

Only if a particular barracks warrants weekend inspections. People need time to relax. Back in my day, 77-85, top enlisted living in the barracks was in charge/responsible for the condition of the barracks.

I don't think a weekend inspection is necessary. I would on occasion drop by for a welfare check. I don't think the soldiers minded and occasionally found a soldier that needed to talk or some help. Wore civilian clothes on those occasions. Soldiers were more relaxed and felt comfortable with informal talks.

I was in 29 Palms 4 Marine Corps Communications Electronics School. We had a private, that about 4 weeks into our arrival and pending the pickup of our MOS School, decided it would be a good idea after he picked up PFC to stop showering. It just so happened that he was my roommate.

One day our gunny did a room inspection to make sure that we had everything squared away and no contraband, and she noticed that this particular Marine was picking his skin off of his body and storing it under his pillow. Now this inspection was roughly about 2 months after he decided to stop showering. Our gunny then put his welfare in my and my other roommates hands.

We grabbed this Marine along with our platoon leader, pulled him into the shower, and proceeded to scrub them down. Are platoon leader than assumed responsibility for his welfare, and we proceeded to clean up under his pillow. He had hundreds if not thousands of pieces of dirty nasty skin under his pillow.

This particular Marine had just been promoted shortly before this whole series of events began, after the scrub down he promptly fled to Las Vegas, married some random hookup he had had out in Twentynine Palms town, came back to the base after being absent without leave for at least a day, and was then discharged roughly about a month after that. It was the most disgusting thing I had encountered in my time in the Marine Corps.