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A military library or base library, is a special library used by military personnel, their dependents, and civilian contractors located within or associated with a military base or defense organization. The primary duty of many military libraries is to assist with professional development, personal education, and leisure.
Morale, Welfare and Recreation, abbreviated MWR, is a network of support and leisure services designed for use by U.S. servicemembers (active, Reserve, and Guard), their families, military retirees, veterans with 100 percent service-connected disability, current and retired DoD civilian employees, and other eligible participants.
The Navy's library survived the 1814 burning of Washington during the War of 1812 and, after the end of the war, located to the Old Navy Department Building. [1] The library had some 1300 volumes in its collection by 1824, although many items were subsequently transferred to the Library of Congress. [1] The Library is part of the Federal ...
JFTB has an MWR with billeting, a pub, and a banquet hall. [3] Fiddler's Green is the last remaining military pub in Orange County. [4]JFTB has significant training facilities, including an Engagement Skills Trainer, a Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer, a HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer, a Laser Marksmanship Training System, and a Close Combat Tactical Trainer.
Joanne Sharp, wife of Gen. Walter Sharp, United States Forces Korea commanding general, visits the U.S. Army's Yongsan Garrison Library on 21 Nov. 2009 to read to military family members as part of a Thanksgiving Story Hour. U.S. Army photo. A listing for all the Army MWR libraries can be found at the FMWR website. [42]
The United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum is located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut.It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus (SSN-571).
The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN). [1]
Barr Memorial Library, named after Major General David Goodwin Barr, is a part of the Community Recreation Division of Fort Knox’s Directorate of Family, Moral, Welfare and Recreation (MWR). The services the library provides are available to soldiers and their families, Department of Defense civilian employees, members of the Army National ...