Posted on Jun 20, 2015
Should NCOs inspect barracks during the weekend?
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Barracks inspections in USAEUR are now required daily. Is this too intrusive? How deep should the inspection go and at what times?
Inspections
Leadership
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Barracks
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Weekends are fine but like CSM Uhlig said, it should be announced ahead of time and in early evenings. It would be intrusive to enter a soldiers room unless you are in boot camp. I recommend only inspecting the common/shared areas like a lounge or kitchen. During the week day, living quarters are fair game.
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I feel like a policy like this would push soldiers to get in contract marriages and move off post. Giving that off post thier quarters are not inspected. I believe the barracks should be inspected at max twice a week 1st Monday morning and Friday after COB.
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Why daily MSG (Join to see)? Does this mean that the soldier must wait around all day until the inspecting party arrives to check the room, or will the inspection take place even if the soldier is not in their room?
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MSG (Join to see)
No, workday inspections by the daily supervisor generally have a designated time (after PT), but weekend inspections consists of walk-thru of common areas and checking security doors and grounds.
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I remember as young SGT back in 2001, it was our Battalion CSM's policy that all squad leaders had to physically check their Soldiers rooms everyday prior to PT formations. PLT SGT's had to go through the rooms twice a week and of course the 1SG could check whenever he wanted to, the frequency didn't matter.
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SPC Thomas Baldwin
This almost sounds like Basic all over again. What kind of unit was this and was their an occurrence that prompted this activity. It sounds like a real moral killer.
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CW4 (Join to see)
This was a Patriot Air Defense Battalion and it was the exact opposite, we had a highly disciplined unit that knew what the standards were and it wasn't an issue. I've seen what an unsupervised barracks looked like and it wasn't safe and it's wasn't in line with good standards and discipline. I wish units today did the same thing. NCO's need to be more engaged in their Soldiers well being and ensuring that their barracks room are clean and safe for them to live is a good start.
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I still accept it being CQ's responsibility to kerp tabs on what is going on. Unless shit gets out of hands, as it at times does.
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I guess it depends on your objective.
If it is a "barracks" inspection then sure, why not. Any day is a good day to inspect the "barracks".
If you really want to do a room inspection, then I say NO. For one, in my experience, 90-95 of my soldiers are not there during the weekend, Visiting family, friends, going to a movie, bar, etc. So, you wouldn't be able to really check on people's rooms anyway, just the the one unlucky soldier that happens to be there when you show up.
I've been in the uncomfortable position of having to apologize to family members that were visiting their soldier when I showed up to "inspect" the room. Yes apologize, that soldier and their family were in the middle of family business, and here I come to break things up.
Anyway, it depends on your real objective.
If it is a "barracks" inspection then sure, why not. Any day is a good day to inspect the "barracks".
If you really want to do a room inspection, then I say NO. For one, in my experience, 90-95 of my soldiers are not there during the weekend, Visiting family, friends, going to a movie, bar, etc. So, you wouldn't be able to really check on people's rooms anyway, just the the one unlucky soldier that happens to be there when you show up.
I've been in the uncomfortable position of having to apologize to family members that were visiting their soldier when I showed up to "inspect" the room. Yes apologize, that soldier and their family were in the middle of family business, and here I come to break things up.
Anyway, it depends on your real objective.
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I think maybe once every couple months would be okay. I think it also depends on the certain individual. Like if one guy has his room together then thats good and they should put more focus on the individuals that don't have it together.
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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P
TSgt (Join to see), when I was a young A1C living in the barracks, the rooms that got an "Outstanding" rating were only inspected once a quarter, the "Satisfactory" were once a month, and the "Unsat/Failure" rooms got it daily until they met standards. All rooms were naturally subject to random welfare checks at any time. I'm curious if that is still in place today? As an NCO, I was only ever in my troops barracks about once a month unless problems were identified. (I think the facility NCO went through randomly a couple times a month).
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MSG (Join to see)
Very interesting to read the differences between services. Thanks for sharing A1C Austin Holbert and MSgt Steven Holt.
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TSgt (Join to see)
I've been in these barracks since last october and I've had my room inspected twice. They don't really get too in depth here but if you can't do the simple things like keeping the bathroom clean or making your bed then they'll get on your case about it. I have never had a problem with keeping it clean so I'm sure thats why they don't focus on me sir.
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