The Marine Corps will inspect every single barracks room it owns in the next month. “None of this will happen overnight but this inspection is an important first step,” said Gen. Christopher J.

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Christian F. Wortman and Lance Cpl. Elijah Merino repair a wall locker during Operation Clean Sweep III at Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2025. (Sgt. Bryant ...

Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group show Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel how they patch holes in the barracks during "Operation Clean Sweep." (Lance Cpl. Deja Rogers/Marine Corps) Marines at Camp ...

Then-Assistant Commandant Gen. Eric Smith, left, inspects Marine barracks with Lt. Col. William Willis on Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 24, 2023. (Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps ...

As the military as a whole grapples with how to fix substandard living conditions for troops, Marines at Camp Pendleton, California are being encouraged to paint their rooms, patch holes in their ...

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Rigoberto Sauceda with 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, II MEF, inspects a barracks room during a service-wide inspection on ...

The Marine Corps is expanding its plan to put civilians in its barracks manager program, a move intended to improve decades-old housing by hiring contractors to run down repairs and inspections ...

A group of California-based Marines are again clearing out maintenance and repairing swaths of barracks and housing as part of the Corps' Operation Clean Sweep. Marines with 7th Engineer Support ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in a smoky Philadelphia tavern, a handful of men gathered to take an oath that would outlast ...

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps’ barracks improvement effort is being hindered by uncertain congressional funding and the federal hiring freeze as the service has pushed back its completion goal to at ...

Amid some of the hottest temperatures on record, many Marines are struggling to stay cool in barracks often without air conditioning, leading to lack of sleep, low morale and safety concerns, ...