{"id":38084,"date":"2025-05-01T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/01\/barracks-2030-isnt-a-fix-it-and-forget-it-effort-usmc-leaders-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:03:40","slug":"barracks-2030-isnt-a-fix-it-and-forget-it-effort-usmc-leaders-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2025\/05\/01\/barracks-2030-isnt-a-fix-it-and-forget-it-effort-usmc-leaders-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Barracks 2030 isn\u2019t a \u2018fix it and forget it\u2019 effort, USMC leaders say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improving barracks conditions and investing in personnel quality of life is paramount to maintaining Marine Corps readiness, service leaders said Tuesday at a Washington defense conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panelists at Modern Day Marine \u2014 including Lt. 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Jason Woodworth \u2014 vowed to forge ahead with the massive Barracks 2030 overhaul in order to fix dilapidated Marine Corps housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe idea is not to fix it and forget it,\u201d Adams said. \u201cIt\u2019s to fix it correctly and then maintain it, because, quite frankly, we got ourselves into the position we\u2019re in now because we didn\u2019t fix it and we did forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barracks 2030, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/04\/08\/why-getting-better-barracks-matters-to-the-top-enlisted-marine\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBecause,%20frankly,%20they%20deserve,spend%20in%20Fiscal%20Year%202025.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/04\/08\/why-getting-better-barracks-matters-to-the-top-enlisted-marine\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBecause,%20frankly,%20they%20deserve,spend%20in%20Fiscal%20Year%202025.\">announced in early 2024<\/a> with a target completion date of 2037, is a nearly $11 billion overhaul of Marine Corps barracks that primarily house unmarried troops. The plan promises to repair rooms, update furniture and professionalize housing management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/11\/photos-reveal-vermin-filth-and-disarray-at-one-marine-corps-barracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/11\/photos-reveal-vermin-filth-and-disarray-at-one-marine-corps-barracks\/\">barracks have come under fire<\/a> in years past for documented problems with mold, broken appliances and vermin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adams said Barracks 2030 sat firmly at the top of the Marine Corps Commandant\u2019s unfunded priority list, which is a wishlist of necessities that fall outside of the service\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program doesn\u2019t officially start until 2026, Woodworth clarified, so a portion of the renovations and revamping won\u2019t apply to service members leaving before then. 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