Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?

I retired from Army in 1990. During my active service, wennot only had to check barracks periodically (not inspect), but we had to do health and welfare visit to soldiers not in the barracks. And, there were checks done inconspicuously on career personnel.
Had to make sure everyone were living in acceptable conditions. It was not obvious, but if you had a party or BBQ at your place, someone in the chain of command would usually drop by.

My command, a detachment, had no government housing. We lived off base, in Honolulu

Nothing wrong with a walk through but not a daily room inspection.

I would say that if there is daily inspections, someone screwed up big, maybe with stolen items or drugs because a daily inspection usually indicates there is suspicion of wrongdoing and command is trying to catch a culprit.

A far as barracks inspections go, are they common area inspections or individual room inspections? I have to say that a common area inspection should be done every day by the section NCOIC and SDNCO. THis is not only for cleanliness but for maintenance purposes as well. The barracks need to be maintained in a livable condition for all. If it is a room inspection daily, well that is a little over the top, unless there is an underlying reason for these inspections. The root cause of the issue needs to be addressed and fixed. If this is how you fix the problem, then fix it. If is not because a problem, but because someone wants to be intrusive on soldiers lives, then it is merely harassment.

I remember way back when we had weekly barracks inspections. And weekly Field Day. If you didn't show up to clean up you were subject to UCMJ. If you failed room inspection to had to have a second inspection in full dress blues (or whites) and your LPO it Chief had to come too. If you failed that one you got Captain's Mast (article 15). Those were the days. It was a Corpsman barracks on Camp LeJeune. They were very strict about that.

Things sure have changed a lot. If they are going backward and doing an inspection daily then either the have a problem within the ranks including leadership. In not sure what good can come out of those frequent inspections. It stressful to maintain that level of cleanliness and still feel at home. In many ways the barracks are home to nanny junior troops and a few geo-bachelors.

I hope it all works out and for whatever reason the decided to do this something positive comes of it.

We had inspections in flight school day, night, weekends.

When I was at Riley we were required to check twice a week and once on the weekends. I'd check common areas on the weekend and if given cause I would check my soldier's rooms. I also checked soldiers in quarters and offpost. They didn't mind, it reminded them that someone did care and was concerned about their welfare.

It depends, common areas for sure and if something seems to be out of hand, then by all means go check on an individual room. I had CQ duty many times when I was in the Air Force overseas and I might not have been in the CQ room at all times, but everyone knew where to find me and I wandered the halls checking on the guys and common areas except in the wee hours. 1973 to 1980.

What ever happened to the boss program? It used to be required to announce inspections 24 hours prior. Now daily inspections? Why? Are their that many issues? Squad leaders used to have to check on their soldiers and living conditions. If they were doing their job you wouldn’t have to have mandatory inspections! Just an old vets 2 cents.