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New Sanno Hotel in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Armed Forces Recreation Centers (AFRCs) are a chain of Joint Service Facility resorts hotels owned by the United States Department of Defense to provide rest and relaxation in the form of lodging and outdoor recreation for United States military service members, US military retirees and other authorized patrons.
This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Former military installations of the United States. A military installation is the basic administrative unit into which the U.S. Department of Defense groups its infrastructure, and is statutorily defined as any “base, camp, post ...
The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) provides soldier-athletes the opportunity to compete toward qualifying for the United States Olympic team. Qualified soldiers must be nationally ranked in their chosen sport and be certified by the United States Olympic Committee at a world class level. Athletes join the program at least three ...
The USO also did shows in military hospitals, eventually entertaining more than 3 million wounded soldiers and sailors in 192 different hospitals. There were 702 different USO troupes that toured the world, some spending up to six months per tour. [22] In 1943, a United States Liberty ship named the SS U.S.O. was launched. She was scrapped in 1967.
A young sailor returns home to his mother and siblings in this 1904 illustration. R&R, military slang for rest and recuperation (also rest and relaxation, rest and recreation, or rest and rehabilitation), is an abbreviation used for the free time of a soldier or international UN staff serving in unaccompanied (no family) duty stations.
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Leo Birmingham Parkway, a short stretch farther from the river on the south bank, joining Soldiers Field Road at each end. This was created in 1936 as the original routing of Soldiers Field Road around the river-facing Brighton Abbatoir. The slaughterhouse closed in the 1940s and Soldiers Field Road was routed directly along the shoreline. [2]
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