Around the Corps - Feburary 2, 2024

[@s.l.2409]

Yo my barracks room in camp lejeune was legit. Slightly tainted brown water, foul smell coming out of the shower drain, 1 toilet per 4 Marines, and an eternal moldy Forrest cabin smell coming from the mattress 😂.

[@d3adp94]

Makes you tougher Marine. Stop crying.

[@s.l.2409]

@@d3adp94 heck yeah man you would have made a great Marine Leader. Taking care of Marines is clearly your modus operandi for sure. “Makes you tougher” 😂 Yeah let me get some of that gut rot, colitis, gherds, and skin disorders baby! Whoooo! You probably told your Marines to suck it up cuz they were complaining about burn pit headaches too.

[@d3adp94]

@@s.l.2409 you have 0 of those things. Still crying.

[@s.l.2409]

@@d3adp94 I most likely would have decked someone like you in the Corps. Lol Man the Marine corps was full of dumbasses like you. Probably a giant 4 and out turd too. Most likely a terminal lance.

[@s.l.2409]

@@d3adp94 junior Marine tough guy in the comment section today.

[@jeffstike3195]

Either they just built those rooms or Marines cleaned for days for a 30 seconds video

[@catdaddy9four]

They are pretty recent. There was a video demonstrating what we should expect from the new barracks.

[@plankproductions5102]

Both

[@Badatlife2]

Those look like the staff nco barracks

[@Hitomiogamiito]

Field Day!

[@marcalvarezps4]

Yeah it’s a hit or miss with the barracks. Most of the time it’s a miss. Just be glad it ain’t the field.

[@rafaelroca7671]

The fact that it took a Congresswoman speaking up for anything to be done about this issue, speaks volumes.

[@michaelcassady3862]

Hide your liquor in the ceiling. Rah.

[@ChuckHolland-i4b]

Rah!!!

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

No where to hide female companionship.

[@ChuckHolland-i4b]

@@rockyrocamontes8972 I'd stuff them in a wall locker and tell the duty that the lock was my bunk mate and he wasn't home. Worked every time. Lol.

[@RipRoarinRedneck0311]

I like ur forward thinking. It takes that kind of motivated mindset to be a good leader. Bet uake Gunny in NO TIME. RAH!

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

@@RipRoarinRedneck0311 you have to be ready for every contingency. I don't remember being told we couldn't have civilian guests. They usually just wanted in the parking lot until we could turn to on liberty.

[@Daniel-gu6ut]

Wild, should show infantry barracks and laundry room lol.

[@loganbrown1223]

When you show you care you’ll get way more out of your Marines and more will be willing to stay in. Really loving the direction the Marine Corps is beginning to go.

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

They’re doing the bare minimum

[@plomo9]

@@ehanoldaccount5893they’re just realizing it too

[@semidecent6773]

​@@ehanoldaccount5893Atleast it looks like they're trying

[@welcometoreality437]

​@@ehanoldaccount5893not even lol

[@Acoto]

You're misunderstanding, they didnt actually DO any of the things he just said.

[@iNaMeAnA]

I sure wish providing quality living spaces was a standard to begin with.

[@BandofBrothersSpike]

Thank you all for your service

[@DavidFreely-o2c]

We appreciate you US Military 🇺🇸 Elite Team's Battalion 👹🛸📲📲🏨

[@ylovaht2097]

Indeed by insider rumors and RUMOR MILLS READING ROOM

[@SheilaMcroy-l5k]

Thank you, sergeant major for put in the best for it to making the Marines living arrangement much better than it is. I have a daughter in the mornings and she love. It wouldn't be anywhere else but in the Marines. So she says so as a mother. I really appreciate it. And I have heard about what you are doing. Are trying to do firsthcongratulations thanks for your service and looking out for the marines that come and walk before you and after you great job❤

[@stevewagner8627]

i have lived in 5 different barracks, 2 were good, the others were poorly maintained. I am out now but have visited people still in but ever barracks i have been in has been worse than I was in. I hear how NCOs inspect and issues reported but nothing is done. Staff NCOs and officers dont inspect either. The SgtMaj is right, the barracks is a physical manifestation of what is prioritized. When the officers and NCOs never inspect after field day it shows that they don't, they don't live there so its out of sight out of mind. It doesnt help that its outsourced so much that something as simple as painting, a broken window, or snaking a drain takes weeks.

[@patrickmurphy4307]

Can you imagine the field day for the sagmag to show up and show the world the barracks? I would hate to be a boot in those barracks!

[@thanos9846]

Pendleton, early 90s, Korean era Quonset huts. No insulation. No heating, no cooling. Head was probably 100 yards from said huts. Scalding hot water or bone chilling cold water. Open shower layout, one front door, one rear door. Semper.

[@Tommy1977777]

Bring that back.

[@averagecitizen8491]

That's at 62 area 5th Marine Regiment? I remember the grunt units at Horno 53 area were still living in open squad bays

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

@@averagecitizen8491 on Camp Margarita we had open squad bays and they also had BLQs a room with your own head. Training Facilities Platoon which was East of Las Pulgas we lived in Quonset huts.

[@thanos9846]

@@averagecitizen8491 52 Area if my brain cells can dig back that far.

[@ahbah518]

I stayed at 43 area where the barracks were abandoned but brought back to life because the barracks were getting remodeled. 😂

[@nicholas8228]

Access to affordable quality housing is essential to young airmen, sailors, soldiers and marines.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Glad the barracks are looking good. I'm an old Marine who slept in open squad bays. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant who served 1973-1977

[@marybornmusic]

Thank you for your service US Marines! I made a flag collage from thousands of American flags and tributes in my community for you guys.:) 🇺🇸❤️

[@BestFriendOfJesus]

God bless y’all

[@patricewilliams1776]

That's good! Glad y'all are improving

[@jordanwalker4655]

I’ll believe it when I see it. I was told my unit was supposed to be moving into new barracks 1 year after I hit the fleet. I’ve been out 2 years now and my unit is still in those shitty barracks

[@robovoid8024]

Lol I was with 3rd battalion 3rd marines the building we lived in had been condemned a number of times lol.

[@MrCharles26]

I remember in Quantico having lead paint in the walls and asbestos underneath the floor. Only place in the Marine Corps where you couldn't buff decks because they higher ups worried about it 😅

[@LarryRobinson-x7l]

I got to camp Hansen in Nov 1981. The boiler wentvoutvthec1st few weeks we were there. Fir about 5 months only had cold water for showers

[@jacobambrosss7579]

I implore everyone to watch the whole testimony. He did not provide any real answers, he simply acknowledged the problem existed.

[@PatrickMcMahonJr]

💪💪💪💪 Keep up the hard work boys

[@skylarbarron0341]

Ceiling fans, washer and dryers that don’t look all beat the fuck up and only one dryer that works, no marines playing beer pong and no screaming, hazing, or a boot getting thrown off the 4th story. Also the big fridge. This has gotta be the POG barracks.

[@jonathanrichwine1996]

My first barracks in the fleet kinda sucked. Bldg 5605 Edwards AFB was a condemned hotel that they gave to the Marines. Holes in the walls, no ac in the summer no heat in the winter, I had sewer water coming out of my shower and toilet during summer 2016 cause the roots from a tree outside were fucking with the plumbing. The pipes in my buddy’s ceiling busted and flooded his room and the hallway. Bldg 1358 at MCAS Iwakuni was better but there were still bugs that got in all the time. When I picked up Cpl I got moved to bldg 1501 and that place was heaven on earth. Brand spanking new barracks

[@rossbabcock3790]

We still had squad bays in the 70s. But that was the Old Corps.

[@seanleaf3165]

I love the renovated barracks because of the cat walks and you don't have to walk past duty lol😂

[@mr.v8194]

Nothing like Sterling homes Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. MY SONS PETS WHERE ROACHES ALL HE COULD PLAY WITH. THE CORPS HAD THE BEST FOR THE JR. ENLISTED 1981-84

[@Marinegrunt0311]

I enlisted from 1982-1986 and lived in Sterling Homes from 84-86 you’re right about those roaches.

[@donaldfeger91]

When i was at French Creek our 3 story barracks had only one washing machine and dryer and you had to put your name on list and when it came time to use it might 2-3 in the sometime!

[@bubbie3533]

I used to live in French Creek too - wild times.

[@yasirali709]

Thanks for sharing

[@mterry4428]

Lol wish our barracks looked like that smh the 90's

[@scaldeddogengineeringcolle7004]

Man, i loved living in the squad bays for most of my 4 years in the Infantry in Horno LOL early GWOT life was wild

[@Bjawae]

hell, a decade ago, a whole squadron shared like 2 washers and dryers.

[@OG03]

The issue wasn't the ruggedness of the quarters. It was the toxins and airborne hazards. I remember ruining my favorite shirt from getting fresh paint on it. They had just painted over the black mold and I unwittingly brushed against my barracks room wall. They had just uncondemned the barracks because there was no where else to put our unit getting back from Iraq. A couple of years later our unit was put in the same barracks after getting back from Afghan. The black mold had grown to the point of the sink areas and ceiling tiles starting to collapse. We had a bunch of guys develop respiratory issues while living there. Ain't gotta be living life in the Ritz like some of the other branches or bases, but Marines deserve to be kept healthy.

[@josemandiaz]

Remember MCT? You had to poop on a mountain of poop in the porto johns.

[@franceskryl7433]

Our Marines deserve the best and be comfortable when resting There are times they have no rest for days.

[@deniseparra6011]

Yuuuuuuuut! He’s the best ❤

[@jrmorris8140]

I remember coming back from deployment we were sent to Camp Talega and had to live in the quonset huts for about 2 and a half to 3 months. I think this was back in 2005.

[@averagecitizen8491]

In 29 palms there's asbestos in their barracks. At Pendleton some of the grunt units were still living in open squad bays.

[@RogerioCastillo]

Craky Hall was top notch 😂😂

[@ImaPotato21]

Yeah good luck seeing those Hotel quality barracks Marine Corps wide in the next 50 years.

[@frankstump62]

Hey man where’s the black mold

[@williamnelson9332]

You have come a long way since rhe 60s❤

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

These BLQ are a big improvement from the Quonset huts and the open squad bays I lived in. Ooh-rah!

[@tonyjones2970]

Was taught from first day in Basic Training that Marines take care themselves, their gear, their area and each other…no omissions and no exceptions. Have seen Marines doing daily clean up and weekly field days on 50 yr old Quonset huts and tents in the deserts so we could live in the spaces. Focus was “keep the space functional to perform the mission and for team welfare”and “make it look as good as you can to show esprit”. Here’s hoping we never, ever lower those standards.

[@HectorBarraza-ot9fe]

i remember this one time on fort drum, someone shit in one of the communal dryers in the laundry room...sgtmaj called for a formation that day...and we had a long conversation

[@rileyc2208]

lol back in 11 -15 we were in Crackie hall and 16dirtytwo no ac the old vents were plugged with empty beer boxes we had sketchy ass hot water that was either cold or burn your ass than some rooms were missing toilet seats and to top it all off on first rotation to mackie the CO no shit wanted a couch and The carpet from the common room nobody used it but still he stole what little we had that was shitty and put it in the company office 😅

[@luisjrcadena9675]

Listen up Marines! no one is allowed to use the new bathrooms, beds or washing machines. You will continue using the porta jhons, tents provided by supply and you will take your uniforms outside base to get them cleaned. Do you understand?! RAHH.

[@WesleyEvans-ol5no]

Good shit 😊

[@abar7178]

Wow. I had Kwanson Huts in my days. These were Air force Barracks. At "Lejeune," the best Barracks in 1969 were 8th Engineers Barracks at Main side across from the Swoop circle. if you guys still swoop, In today's Corps. Field days were every Thursday if that still exists today either way. Semper FI

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

When I went to Amphibious warfare training in Coronado and Naval Bases in Yokosuka, AFB Lackland, Kadena, and Yokota you see how the other branches live. You know we drew the short straw.

[@BigE-wf6zo]

The best barracks I lived in were on Okinanwa at Hansen and Schwab. This was in the mid80s then in the early 90s. USMC ret

[@veritas3179]

YES!

[@TxSk0311]

Everything at Camp Pendleton was broke. We had a wood plug in the window to let air in. Had to use portajohns. The microwave worked..& the fridge kinda sorta worked

[@akeemdoyle2763]

My barracks back in 02 is Rota spain was like that. Shared a common space with Novack, he had his own room with a key card and so did I. Walk in closet, desk and chair, raised bed, an actual love seat recliner, tv/vcr combo. We shared a kitchen, the washer and driver and a batch room which had a tub and a port while window. And then, I went to LaJune and 1 toilet for 6 angry grunts, 3 hard legs in a room, this is not the live I was used too. Welcome to the fleet MF.

[@One_Branch_At_a_Time]

That was the nicest fukn barracks I’ve seen😂 the naval weapons station by Fort Eustis has some shit hole ones. Idk if they upgraded them after the migrated HQ & Bravo company. Alpha and Charlie was being migrated into 1 in Norfolk when I got out. Everyone was scattered and it didn’t make sense but the Base I was on we got Navy Lodging which was trash. Because that base was empty in Williamsburg. Miss cleaning my room as if no one lived in it😂

[@Earlybird4theworm]

Man I hope I get a room like that lmao.. my hopes was not this high 😂

[@DBDTre]

My barracks room at New River is alright not the best but not the worst.

[@pax2758]

My barracks never looked this nice.

[@usmc0311]

Damn they got walk in closets and ceiling fans. Almost full size fridges now. Make me want to reenlist again….naw I’m good 😂

[@SteveSmith-eb6ze]

They are showing the housing for the illegals! This is the treasonous joe Biden administration,doe anyone actually think he would take money away from the illegals to improve the quality of life for our service members? Wake the f up America! The treasonous democrats hate you!!

[@ernienestrada2424]

No

[@Logan-il1rw]

Yea right, they must’ve shown them the Air Force’s barracks 😂

[@Fistcanbeaverb]

Barracks 460 Marine Corps Air Station Futenma mold,roaches, brown water and the 2 star that came through said we need to just paint over the mold

[@MarioPerretta-x4r]

❤❤❤

[@msk1911]

About time!

[@Eclipse-lw4vf]

Crazy how it took this long to get our service members the bare minimum

[@lauraanderson7492]

Yes, after boot camp the Marines deserve decent , safe places to live when serving our country. No mold, and larger rooms with places to store and fix food. And why if they eat in the “ mess hall” are the meals paid for out of their paycheck.

[@FRESCO_KUN]

It would also help if we prioritized the black mold issue in some barraks and in some of the on base housing communities 🤪 because being told to clean it with bleach obviously does nothing

[@MrChrismatthew33]

I was in 2/2 back in 96 to 2000 and all barracks were trash.

[@lebbony1785]

Can’t even imagine barracks being designed without black mold in them 😂

[@garymathena2125]

If they wouldn't waste all that money changing uniforms every other month, maybe they would have money to fix the barracks the way they should be.

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

Do you think brass is the only material we have that's not on a subtraction ratio

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

Y'all see those cats cans out there they don't matter where also over there there's a watch that for some reason when I look at a CAT scan it reminds me of the same thing but it looked upside down so we just try to take care of much as possible when the site was seen

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

Like to ask another question when we're having flash floods and we know they're going to show up do you think wastewater treatment management Go out to their pump houses and stand guard and watch the counterbalance of the coordination's direction so they can learn how to prevent it or growth it or do you think they sit in their cozy little homes

[@bensonyazzie1168]

Semper Fi Devil Dogs!!!

[@RogueSanta]

I guess we won't show the footage of the SgtMaj bumbling for words in front of Congress

[@RewindCorp]

I was at meps that day

[@ernesthofmeister3054]

60 man barracks never hurt any Marine!

[@Hitomiogamiito]

They look a lot nicer than what we had back in 1986 at Camp Pendleton. A walking closet Really?, not a metal locker. They’re living like the Air Force now brother!

[@Moondoggy1970]

This is good for the Marines. I went in 1989 through 1993 and it was all open squad base nine day compared to today’s Marine Corps.

[@trailrzr5580]

Most of the barracks I’ve been in were pretty rough.

[@ketsanafit1656]

Good to see that our Corp is working on improving quality of life for Marines. Camp Lejeune barracks in the early 90s was very basic. 😂

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

So somewhere out there we seen these holes blow up inside of a mountain that had a road in it do you think that's also the collaboration of some of these colored lights up in the sky

[@Christmas-Cooter]

God bless America we finally got more washers and dryers.

[@fonz_zach]

be great if once in a while a senior enlisted could stick up for lower enlisted guys!

[@mattgarvey7601]

My barracks in Courthouse Bay was total shit and I bet it still looks used and abused…That barracks is 5🤩 It’s all smoke and mirrors though…That room they are showing is probably in Hawaii…They get whatever they want there😒

[@randolphhobson5017]

my dad trained with a man who later held that rank. Ww2 marines. A different bunch.

[@TDSPhenom]

Great Job Sgt Major

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

So I'm watching the combat this morning and as I'm watching the Stars be fired in placements right and I can't help but notice some of the rotation patterns cuz I've seen it before but then they're going above or more below them and I'm sitting here watching the lights start to clear out like that's an arrow there you think they're releasing spreads that way from our arrows on my computer

[@JustTired659]

Those definitely aren't the Marine barracks that I remember. Times sure have changed.

[@dondidykes2081]

They got it made

[@DavidTschumper]

Finally! 🎉

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

So you should think about when you use a word but you can also spell it without that letter or you can spell it with an extra invisible number as they call it but it looks like the letter or a word

[@josephclevenger1159]

I definitely saw rats and roaches bigger than new born babies coming out the shower drains and in the chowhall. They legit punked me so hard one time🤣🤣🤣 had me say "rah"

[@austinshannon4197]

I am the best armed forceman in history, the GOAT, I was in the United States of America military

[@streetwearjimmy]

There’s a reason why a lot of Corpsman (Doc’s) don’t want to go greenside because the marines don’t honor the E4 over four policy for BAH like the Navy does. All the extra pay and extra cash missed out for 3 years smh Also its all fun and games until those washing machines get torn up and burn out from being overloaded with civvies, cammies, bedding, and towels, all in one load.

[@TonyFarley-gi2cv]

Syllables letters whether they're there or their punctuated inside

[@RandyHodder-z1k]

Wow..I..remember living in quanset huts...with 30 gunslingers and 2 working shitters...Country club living Fer SURE!

[@GabeNelson-n7e]

So the Air Force is getting new facilities is what I heard. Got love those pulled from the trash -good ol’ hand me downs.

[@GoldieXD]

The marine in the tour vid looks like he doesn’t wanna do this

[@thecollierreport]

Navy Barracks in the 80s and ealry 90s when I was in were, how shall I say, po people's bolt holes. It wasn't great. Now Air Force, they were the jam. It would be nice if all Barracks were at least this nice.

[@davidmorris9668]

😂😂😂 The quality of life and the Marines' home is also a sign of how well they take care of it! Let's face it... debauchery and drunkenness does not happen on the range. Marines take care of your home like it was your own. Because the next guy or gal coming to be issued that room should not be given something in the same state it was when you got it. It DEFINITELY should not be worse. It should be better.