SUBJECT:  Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)

References:  (a) DoD Instruction 1015.2, "Operational Policies for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Activities," May 17, 1985 (hereby canceled)

(b) DoD Directive 1015.3, "Armed Services Military Club and Package Stores," May 14, 1982 (hereby canceled)

(c) DoD 1015.3-R, "Armed Services Military Club and Package Store Regulations," May 1982, authorized by DoD Directive 1015.3, May 14, 1982 (hereby canceled)

(d) DoD Directive 1015.4, "Assignment of Appropriated-Funded Personnel to Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Activities," April 26, 1983 (hereby canceled)

1.  REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE

2.  APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Directive:

2.1.  Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a Military Service in the Navy by agreement with the Department of Transportation), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components"); and the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the agreements with the Departments of Health and Human Services and Commerce.  The term "Military Services," as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps.  The term "installations," as used herein, refers to any DoD property or area that is controlled, owned, leased or is a funded facility.

3.  DEFINITIONS

4.  POLICY

It is DoD policy that:

4.2.  The Department of Defense recognizes that MWR programs are vital to mission accomplishment and form an integral part of the non-pay compensation system.  These programs provide a sense of community among patrons and provide support services commonly furnished by other employers, or State and local governments.  MWR programs encourage positive individual values and aid in recruitment and retention of personnel.

4.4.  MWR programs shall be strategically planned and implemented using business management practices to fulfill local needs, while maintaining the readiness capability to support the wartime mission and to meet quality, fiscal, health, and safety standards.

4.5.  MWR programs should receive appropriated-funding at the same level as other support programs.  MWR programs shall be resourced from either appropriated or nonappropriated funds (NAFs) or a combination of both.  NAF expenditures for valid MWR purposes are not an augmentation of appropriations.

4.6.  When providing MWR programs, joint Service MWR initiatives are encouraged and shall be considered first.  The DoD Components shall update the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy (ASD (FMP)) on the current status and future plans for DoD Component joint Service initiatives.

4.8.  All cash in excess of a military installation's MWR requirements shall be transferred to a single NAF MWR account of each Military Service.

4.9.  To fulfill the MWR mission, the DoD Components shall establish and operate customer-driven MWR programs as determined by periodic market research for the benefit of authorized patrons.

4.12.  The DoD Components shall provide for MWR support to all authorized patrons and activities supported by the installation.

5.  RESPONSIBILITIES

5.1.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, under the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall:

5.3.  The Heads of the DoD Components shall:

5.4.  The Heads of the DoD Components (other than OSD, the Secretaries of the Military Departments, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) shall establish, manage, and control MWR programs in accordance with the directives of the Military Department responsible for logistical support.

6.  EFFECTIVE DATE

This Directive is effective immediately.

Enclosures - 2

E1.  ENCLOSURE 1

REFERENCES, continued

E2.  ENCLOSURE 2

DEFINITIONS

E2.1.1.  Appropriated Funds.  Funds appropriated by Congress.

E2.1.2.  Customer Driven.  Programs and services provided based on customer input.

E2.1.3.  Executive Control and Essential Command Supervision (ECECS).  Those managerial staff functions and positions located above the direct program managerial and operational level of individual MWR programs that support planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling the overall operations of MWR programs.  ECECS specifically consists of program, fiscal, logistical, and other management functions that are required to ensure oversight.

E2.1.4.  Installations.  Any DoD property, area, or facility that is controlled, owned, leased, or funded by the Department of Defense.

E2.1.5.  Market Analysis.  Identification of the market and analysis of wants, needs, and desires of that market.

E2.1.7.  Nonappropriated Fund (NAF).  Cash and other assets received from sources other than monies appropriated by the Congress of the United States.  NAFs are U.S. Government funds, but they are separate and apart from funds that are recorded in the books of the Treasury of the United States.