I wanted to write about the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal but now that I’m starting, I’m not really sure what to say. I might update this as I think of more things to say. I’m glad it was repealed, finally. I think that people who are worried about gay people will get over it [...]
These photos are from back when I was in Okinawa. My company decided that they were going to have a barracks room door decorating contest and everyone on our floor was required to participate. The winner, of course, was a room where some female Marines lived: The boy Marines put up things like wrapping paper [...]
This link should work: New barracks ‘just like home.’ The text is mostly a rehash of the other articles but it has six new photos.
A more detailed description of the buildings from the Marine Corps Times Edit: You have to have a subscription to read it, sorry…
Camp Pendleton officials yesterday unveiled a new barracks building, the first of 24 to be constructed on the base in the next two years for single Marines. The four-story, 170-room structure represents nothing less than an about-face by the Marine Corps on the issue of housing for unmarried troops, who make up about half of [...]
I found this Letter to the Editor in the Marine Corps Times about a 26-year-old Marine sergeant with eight years in the Corps whose request for BAH (money for housing off-base) was denied. Keep in mind that some of the things I talk about later don’t apply to all units or bases…like curfews or the [...]
Abuse of canned air in Iraq leads to ban RAMADI, Iraq — A few cases of “huffing” canned air on base has one command sergeant major banning its presence in barracks rooms for many enlisted soldiers under his command. So what’s to stop them from using at work? I posted this because it reminded me [...]
Marine barracks policy focuses on privacy, comfort …The evolution of bachelor enlisted quarters has gone from all-in-one to single rooms and bathrooms where leathernecks enjoy more privacy than some dorm-living college students. The Corps’ latest overarching barracks policy — released last November — aims to give single enlisted Marines more privacy, starting with relaxing field [...]
Iraq commanders say no to breaks in combatU.S. commanders in Iraq are rejecting a recommendation by Army mental health experts that troops receive a one-month break for every three months in a combat zone, despite unprecedented levels of continuous fighting and worsening risks of mental health problems. Instead, commanders are trying to give troops two [...]
As this whole Walter Reed story was spreading, it occurred to me that the barracks funding problems aren’t just limited to hospitals. You would hope that of all military housing they would be the top priority, but it still doesn’t mean healthy soldiers are living in decent barracks. New buildings, major upgrades and new furniture [...]
Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning and have their rooms ready for inspection at 7 a.m., and that they must not speak to the media. “Some soldiers believe this is [...]
Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army’s Top Medical Facility The common perception of Walter Reed is of a surgical hospital that shines as the crown jewel of military medicine. But 5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely — a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged [...]
It turns out that they did in fact go through my room this morning. Guess somebody knows where I live after all. One of the discrepancies they noted in the email sent out this afternoon was that my wall lockers were unsecured. This is funny. And here’s why: I have an expensive camera, hundreds of [...]
Today is my last field day here as far as I’m concerned. I don’t really clean anyway, I just relocate the clutter, but I heard that our sergeant major is going to be here in the morning to check out our rooms. At first, I was going to just go to work since technically I [...]
The entire time I’ve been back from Iraq my room, and apparently my entire building, has not had air conditioning. I didn’t notice because the weather’s been cool, if not downright cold, but now it’s hot. It’s not even really that hot outside but inside my room is ALWAYS hotter than it is outdoors. You [...]
I am a female Marine currently in the Individual Ready Reserve. I like to sleep, travel, read, eat, explore, and take photographs. I read lots of news and I like reading about life in other countries. I am easily amused and my dream job is to be snoozing in a warm patch of sunlight, hopefully with a piece of tasty cheese nearby for when I wake up hungry.
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