The Marine Corps launched a new maintenance tracking program Tuesday, hoping to make it easier for Marines to request fixes for problems they encounter in the barracks.
The system, called QSRMax, has existed in parts of the military, but now it is service-wide for the Corps. Across the force, Marines should see quick response codes — also known as QR codes — in their barracks.
The intent is for Marines to identify the problem, scan the code on their phones, and report the issue to maintenance facilities. The Marine Corps said that the requests will be seen at the strategic level, meaning that leaders echelons above the requesting Marine can collate and keep track of maintenance problems en masse.
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The initiative is part of the Marine Corps’ Barracks 2030 plan, which is meant to improve housing for Marines who might have lived in squalid, vermin-infested and sometimes flooded rooms, according to a government watchdog report from last year and previous Military.com reporting.
“QSRMax is a major component of improving management within the Barracks 2030 plan,” Maj. John Parry, a spokesperson for the service’s installation command, told Military.com on Wednesday. “This new digital maintenance tracking system was designed to improve accountability and responsiveness for maintenance requests and allow Marines to track them…
