Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

I can certainly see the need for daily inspections at times. However if that’s going to be the case with the exception of a weekly inspection (Monday morning before PT right after the weekend) carried out by the Platoon Sergeant every other day should be handled at the section chief/ squad leader level. Especially if they have other NCOs (E-5/E-4 Corporal type) living in the barracks. It’s really not that hard to check up on neighboring soldiers on a daily basis. That wouldn’t mean having to be the same NCO doing it every time clogging up his/her schedule. It could be split up among NCOs at the section level. And if you don’t have the personnel for that then you have better things to worry about that an inspection anyway.

Friday morning inspection following Thursday evening "Field Day" is sufficient. It is the quality of the inspection and not the frequency that is important.

When I moved into the barracks after getting separated from my ex wife the unit I was in conducted barracks inspections every morning before pt then on the weekend my team leader would check up on us he wouldn’t enter my room but to make sure we were doing alright and at the time it seemed like everyone was against me and it felt nice that atleast one person cared enough to leave his house and make sure I’m doing okay and shoot the shit for an hour or so and I’m sure our platoon sgt required it of him and I didn’t like it at first but after awhile I started looking forward to the hour long visits and made sure I was alive for them

That's the job of the CQ...as for e-5 And up they always had their own bathroom facilities.No one ever bothered them until maybe a full blown inspection.About once a year....back in the 70s

NO! Sometimes we would have a "shakedown" inspection at 0200 looking for contraband. I believe that's okay. But on weekends give somebody the duty of posting guards, if an emergency happens go round up the barrack rats to handle it, but no inspections. Good soldiers will keep their living quarters orderly without being mothered by some NCO who's pissed because he has weekend duty. We all had extra duty, we were man enough to know it comes with the job.

Yes a walk through to check for fire and safety hazards. SGM Retired

During my time 65 to 85 some NCO's had quarters inside some barracks so inspections were not conducted. In those that did not have NCO's a health and welfare check was conducted, not an inspection. Just check up on your soldiers, sometimes a soldier just needs someone to talk to. Occasionally you may find a serious problem like drug users or out of control drunk soldiers. I think most soldiers appreciated when you stopped by in an informal setting.

if there's been issues then it should be daily. if there's not any issues that come up, move to a more random semi daily schedule
but on a Saturday it doesn't need to be a formal affair unless there has been a major screw up somewhere. go check on things in civilians. just because the rank isnt on the collar of your polo shirt or hawaiin shirt or whatever doesnt mean you dont have it. "hey how you all doing, you remember this or that is going on next week. I see you guys like Jack Daniels, Jones there isnt having any right, he's only 20. alright enjoy the rest of your weekend, dont do anything stupid and call me if you do do something stupid". Do it infrequently enough that its not like being deployed and living with them 24/7, but frequently enough that they say to each other "hey don't do that. you know SGT U has no life and is likely to pop out of nowhere".

doing regular checks and minor corrections sooner prevents the constant checks and major group corrections later.

Had these when I was in. Utter BS. I can see checking often enough to make sure hygiene, cleanliness and safety are to standards. Otherwise it is nothing more than deliberately intruding on one's privacy. We had one (interim) first shirt who would unlock the door and then "knock-open" - despite the "mid-shift" placard on the door. Was he trying to catch me choking the chicken? Doing drugs? Or, gasp, using a hot plate? In any case, I was awoken and could rarely get back to sleep.

A$$hole.

Dumb ass question,and quit framing it in E3 Bag O'Donuts Junior enlisted married slob, okay?! I ran Barracks 332 at US Navy Engineering School Great Lakes and I inspected the barracks any damned time it suited me from 1995-1997; I could have give a damn less about being intrusive. Barracks 332 final inspection for the week each and every week was at 0430 every Friday morning, rain, snow or shine, really didn't matter. I had four Senior 1st Class BTs, EM1s and IC1s at my disposal for the inspection as well as the EM School command Master Chief. At 0500 all Inspections were completed: Heads, Dorm-Cubes, Racks, random Lockers, Toilet and commode facilities, Barracks Library, and ALL personnel onboard Dungaree Inspection/s. The Barracks was the obstacle; the school platform was the merry go-round brass ring. Pass my damned inspection and you got to go to school for the day; do not pass my inspection you stay onboard and correct your inspection deficiencies subj. to Senior NCO judgment/s and then you went to the school platform and got beaten up and whipped by the school OIC, and OH! if you missed a shotgun quiz it sucked to be you. The following Saturday morning you and all deficiencies mustered in PT gear and were motivationally trained at double time around the drill field in front of the C/O's office/s. Once and a while he even showed up in PT gear and helped to correct and motivate. I am a USN CPO; I will motivate and correct any of my charges; I don't give a damn if it's a Holy Day of Obligation; Jesus and I will talk it out; he understands. Everyone of my 1st Class P/Os were onboard with me or were sent to School Facilities to be janitors until they "learned the Law". They were not on the WatchBill and they knew that, that privilege came with certain discrete open ended obligations . I am surprised that an NCO would even think to ask this question; but then we have lots of civilians in uniform don't we! When i did inspect on the weekends, not too often and unannounced, it was a Health and Comfort Inspection complete with DoD working dog teams; sometimes it got really ugly for the dope head/s we caught up; sucked to be them and some of them were kids I thought might be righteous. Just goes to show you how wrong even a CPO can be at times. The argument/s brought up here are apples and oranges, have nopthing to do with rank but do show in the questioner a certain lack of Military professionalism and laziness, to be blunt about it. Don't know about the US Army and could care less, unless I am covering them IGFS. Any Barracks in my Navy is government property and is "MY" Ship if I have command of it; and, it will run like a ship or its occupant crew will be made to be properly motivated: spic and span everything clean and "Ship shape"; a clean ship is Safe ship. And, a Safe ship is any ship a Sailor can go to sea on and come back home on, Safe to his family, in one piece. I don't give a dam how happy he is, or if he "has ownership of it" or has bought into it. This ain't AmWay and I am no Salesman. A Private residence?...well maybe the landlord is in arrears on his responsibilities, wouldn't be the first time, but most are damned sure Bag O'Donuts isn't in arears on his rent and if he doesn't call Chain of Command well then, he deserves the screwing he's going to get and it sucks to be Him. Navy Housing????gimme a bloody break. Base Housing Management Office could care less if you are E3 or O5 etc., and God is a mess cook. You keep a crappy house and believe me as sure as ships get underway they will let Chain of Command maybe even type commander know, and again it will suck to be You. So cut the crap with this stupid assed "Up Front with Joe and Willie" Bill Mauldin question; it's a dumb assed question.