One Marine corporal said maintenance issues have been getting fixed much more quickly than before the barracks inspection. Sailors and Marines deployed with the group spent nearly nine months deployed before coming home this week. The money would come on top of the $274 million for barracks restoration in the service’s official budget request. Pentagon officials fear such reforms could harm active duty retention. A similar reorganization will take place before October at the West Coast-based 1st Supply Battalion. The staff sergeants applied bandages and a tourniquet as bystanders watched. 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. Bringing back 100% funding for BAH would have a big impact on troops, the military's senior enlisted advisers told lawmakers. Lawmakers are weighing possible changes to military compensation systems as a way to improve families' quality of life. Load More