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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.
Family and MWR supports combat readiness and effectiveness; supports recruitment and retention of quality personnel; provides leisure time activities, which support a quality of life commensurate with generally accepted American values; promotes and maintains the mental and physical wellbeing of authorized personnel; fosters community pride, soldier morale, and family wellness and promotes ...
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.
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 ...
The Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a United States Army library that supports the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Its collection of over 300,000 books covers all aspects of military science: joint and combined operations; tactics and doctrinal development; leadership, intelligence ...
During World War II, the Library lost 99% of its collection (406,000 out of 409,000 units). [5] From 1983 to 1991, the Central Military Library was named after Colonel Zbigniew Zaluski. [6] The CBW's book collection numbers about 600,000 library units and is unique in the military field. It includes: 276,000 compact prints;
A microwave radiometer (MWR) is a radiometer that measures energy emitted at one millimeter-to-metre wavelengths (frequencies of 0.3–300 GHz) known as microwaves. Microwave radiometers are very sensitive receivers designed to measure thermally-emitted electromagnetic radiation .
OverDrive launched its Digital Library Reserve, a digital download platform for public libraries, in 2002. [33] The eBook distribution service included a download website and access to the Content Reserve collection development portal. In 2004, the platform was changed into a DRM-protected audiobook download platform. [34] [unreliable source?