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Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel and quasi-military personnel such as police. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word barraca 'soldier's tent', [ 1 ] but today barracks are usually permanent buildings.
Due to large increase in the size of the Corps of Cadets, more barracks space was needed in the early 1930s. In 1931, Grant Hall (also called Grant Barracks) was completed on the site of the old cadet mess hall. In 1937, Paul P. Cret completed construction on Scott Barracks in North Area. Cret also oversaw an expansion of Bartlett Hall in 1938.
When a vessel is used by the military for dedicated housing, as at shipyards, naval bases, and afloat abroad, it is known as a barracks ship. [4] An analogue to both is the prison ship, which provides a floating space for incarceration, possibly referred to as a brig in the military.
The army’s statement is cold comfort to many families in military housing who must contend with sub-standard living conditions on top of pressures that are broader and more amplified than they ...
Lawmakers are upset about deteriorating military barracks and housing conditions, expressing serious concerns about delayed repairs and failing conditions, including mold and nonfunctioning air ...
A soldier walks past the aging Smoke Bomb Hill barracks Sept. 8, 2022. Most of the aging Smoke Bomb Hill barracks were demolished after issues with heating and ventilation systems and moisture ...
A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sailors or other military personnel. A barracks ship, a military form of a dormitory ship, may also be used ...
In September 2023, the Government Accountability Office released a report highlighting poor living conditions in government-owned barracks and in military housing owned and operated by private ...