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And they couldn\u2019t get behind that. So our legal team is still looking at how we do this.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/01\/12\/marine-corps-plans-resident-advisers-barracks-and-other-fixes-gross-facility-photos-surface-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/01\/12\/marine-corps-plans-resident-advisers-barracks-and-other-fixes-gross-facility-photos-surface-online.html\">pilot program<\/a> at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, moved eight SNCOs into NCO barracks to help ensure barracks were kept up to Marine Corps standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResident advisors support the transition of Marines from dependency to independence, much as a college student undergoes the same transition,\u201d Marine Corps Installations Command spokesman Maj. John Parry told Military.com at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mason told Marine Corps Times that MCICOM Sgt. Maj. Jason Hammock was working to troubleshoot the legal quandary and engaging in conversations with Navy officials about how to facilitate mentorship in the barracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One possible solution, he said, was to charge resident advisers a nominal fee, on the order of $100, to live in the barracks while still keeping their housing allowance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf that\u2019s a possibility, we want to keep moving on this,\u201d Mason said. \u201cBut a part of us is like, \u2018Is this a housing issue, or is this a leadership issue? Do we worry about putting resident advisers in there from a housing perspective, or do we allow leadership to figure out how you increase your good order and discipline?\u2019 &#8230; So, we\u2019re not sure.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Mason said he expects decisions on that front within 90 days, the Corps is moving forward on other components of what Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has called Barracks 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps, he said, is more than halfway through the process of replacing 532 active-duty enlisted \u201cbarracks managers\u201d with 347 contracted and hired civilians to ensure sufficient focus on addressing maintenance issues and barracks quality of life. It\u2019s also seeking nearly $11 billion over the next roughly 15 years to overhaul housing that reporting and a Government Accountability Office audit has shown to be \u201cdilapidated,\u201d with infestations of mold and other issues, Mason acknowledged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2024, he said, the Marine Corps spent some $220 million to renovate 13 barracks housing 3,500 Marines, and bought $20 million worth of barracks furniture for 109 barracks. It has launched a pilot program at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, to make barracks door locks Common Access Card (CAC)-enabled, addressing a common safety concern, and launched a new reporting system whereby Marines can flag maintenance concerns using a QR code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing planners also want to move barracks to a 10-year refresh cycle, Mason said, in contrast to the current 30-year cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledging the outrage <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/military-life\/army-general-isenhower-mold-barracks-discipline-adulting\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHow%20do%20we%20avoid%20being,to%20the%20r%2FArmy%20subreddit.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/military-life\/army-general-isenhower-mold-barracks-discipline-adulting\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHow%20do%20we%20avoid%20being,to%20the%20r%2FArmy%20subreddit.\">that has ensued when<\/a> military leaders have blamed unlivable housing conditions on troops\u2019 failures to maintain the spaces, Mason said both mentorship and responsiveness to reported housing problems were needed to fix barracks problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA barracks room is probably one of the, if not the most, expensive equipment that a Marine is going to sign for, aside from their weapon, aside from their vehicle, aside from anything else,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to train them and prepare them the same way we do with their weapons. \u2026 And I am not pointing fingers at them, but we have an oversight issue as well. 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