Proposals for Enhancing DOD's Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Construction Program

摘要

The need for morale, welfare, and recreation facilities for military personnel is particularly important at overseas locations where few recreational opportunities exist in the surrounding community or where the cost of using available facilities is prohibitive. Although DOD has a large backlog of facility needs which cannot presently be funded, some facilities being constructed are larger than needed, have not been adequately justified or planned, or will be used primarily by persons not on active duty. GAO believes that a need exists for: (1) improved long-term project planning and more central guidance; (2) revised construction criteria to provide more realistic guidance on how to meet morale, welfare, and recreation needs; and (3) more central funding of construction projects.