Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

I am no longer in the military but I know that Basic Military Discipline never changes! I served two tours in Germany and both times I lived in the Barracks.

During that time we had regularly scheduled inspections at 0700 every Monday rain or shine and Pop Health and Welfare inspections whenever they got a wild hairy notion to do one!

Common areas where inspected daily and had to be maintained at least 100% until Top left at the end of the day. If you where lucky enough to have a room to yourself, and also was a squared away soldier, you should have been able to have your room ready for inspection in under 15 minutes. If you had a roommate the two of you could do it in less time.

I think that Inspections 7 days a week for anything but Common Areas is going way over board unless you have an extreme lack of discipline in the Company itself. Even then it should only be used as a training tool. Don't make this a permanent order because it will bring about discord within the company. Afterall this isn't West Point.

That’s what their team leader is for. But why check up on them? Monday - Friday Inspections are usually enough, what can go wrong in 2 days. If they had a certain time to be there on the weekends, Jesus Christ, soldiers would never get any free time. They would have to stay in the barracks, on the off chance that an inspection occurs, and your not there. Great more ways to get in trouble.

Okay....let's go through this level by level....in basic...yes....in AIT....depending WHERE your AIT IS BEING HELD....after all schools and training....no...In the USN...berthing area were cleaned DAILY by those inhabiting those spaces if they were ON SHIP...afloat OR ashore...in the case of land-base barracks, again cleaned daily by those inhabiting those berthing area...we, in the USN, had no REAL barracks/ berthing area inspections per se...the Chief would do his sweep and make his comments and walk off. The PO in charge of the berthing area would tell us what was needed, and we did it...end of subject....as far as weekends....never saw it happen...we MADE SURE the areas STAYED clean so that CRAP would NOT happen !!!! Hope this answers SOME of the questions...God bless everyone !!!!

I had to check my Soldiers’ rooms every morning before PT while at carson... I can honestly say most morning I just signed the check-in sheet on the back of the door... for me it was more to make sure my younger Soldiers were going to make it to PT on time...

No such thing as intrusive when you're trying to teach people to obey commands no matter how frivolous. You learn to work as a unit.Once you're in the military ,you are in for 24/7 , period.

I concur with CSM Uhlig. This is Sergeants business but is a leadership issue. I was taught in my NCO days and those as a junior office by an old NCO who said "That what gets checked gets done". COMMAND guidance in such situations should always be focused and stated, other wise it will just be seen as "just more bs". Good discipline --this includes inspections both and off post--is the corner stone of good moral.

We inspect random rooms on Tuesdays at 1300. It’s no secret. You would be amazed by the things I have seen. I walked into a room shared by one of my Sailors and a Marine from a different squadron. When I say disgusting is an understatement, I really mean it. These guys had at least two 30 racks worth of cans, pizza boxes, liquor bottles, and clothes all over their floor. A small fish tank with dead, rotting fish. And the worst part, their white sheets were a gray/brown where their heads and feet went. Point being, if people can’t even clean their rooms for a SCHEDULED inspection, why would I waste my time inspecting during my weekend?

A walk through every once in a while is a good moral booster if you take time to really talk to your troops, barracks inspections driven by legitimate problems are a different matter, I used to walk in barracks and have a beer or 10 with my troops then get up at 0400 and lead them in PT. Old NCO bussiness. If the brass in Europe have a wide spread issue they need to fix it if the don't then they need to let their people have no interferece most policies like these are from job scared leadership or the good idea fairy

It seems to always be something that the soldiers are complaining about. Inspections are to keep you in the ready. If you don't like it , get married and get housing. The troops are supposed to be tough, but all I've been hearing is them complaining about one thing or another.

Do you want to ensure that your soldiers get drunk and do stupid things often? Then make sure to enact and enforce asinine policies like this.