The increase falls short of what the Corps has indicated it would cost to fix the living facilities’ issues. Much of DOD housing was developed before 1970 and is either woefully outdated or falling apart. If no one is held accountable for barracks conditions, that's part of the problem. The Marine Corps has ordered inspections of each of its barracks by March 15. One member of the unit said she purchased a membership at a gym a 30-minute drive away to get access to the hot showers there. The Corps’ leaders have started referring to the plan formerly known as Force Design 2030 as simply “Force Design.” Now-Lance Cpl. Chesty XVI, a “mostly good boy,” got promoted after 13 months as a private first class. British D-Day veteran Bill Gladden really wants to attend the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Photos purport to show dead vermin, possible mold and general disarray in a barracks at the School of Infantry-West, at Camp Pendleton, California. In the Marine Corps' revised job manual: reconnaissance snipers, enlisted Marine historians, warrant officers who care for the dead and more. Load More