What does MWR stand for:
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
Armed Forces Recreation is limited to serving the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.
False
Armed Forces Recreation only serves actual service members enlisted in the service branches.
False
While not an official service of the military branches during this conflict, the US Army MWR tradition
is said to date back to:
World War I
The mission of recreation in the Armed Forces is to:
Support combat readiness for military personnel
All Armed Forces Recreation programs are provided for free to service members.
False
Civil military service careers still offer defined retirement, health, and vacation benefits equal to or
better than most Fortune 500 companies.
True
To be competitive for career opportunities within MWR, which of the following programs should be
considered?
Nonappropriated fund management training program
The Army MWR and Family Command operate AFRCs. AFRC stand for:
Armed Forces Resort Centers
This is/these are highly energetic program(s) designed to identify and address issues affecting the
living environment of the soldier.
A. Single Marine program or SMP
B. Better opportunities for single soldiers or BOSS
Which professional national organization is committed to innovative training and professional
development opportunities for MWR employees?
Armed Forces Recreation Society
Your text describes Frederick Law Olmsted as the founder of what profession:
landscape architecture
Several have indicated that this idea is uniquely American in its origin:
, National parks
Which of the following is NOT one of the four national policies that developed over the first 25 years
of Yellowstone's administration:
The sole purpose of the land reserved was for the enjoyment and use of the area as a "pleasure
ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people"
To this day, access to National Parks remains free to the public.
False
_____________ is considered America's most famous naturalist and conservationist; he worked
tirelessly as an activist, even convincing President Theodore Roosevelt to establish Yosemite National
Park among other things.
John Muir
What five renewable resources did the Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act (MUSY) of 1960 develop and
administer land for:
outdoor recreation, watershed, timber, range, and wildlife and fish use
The difference between national parks and national forests is that parks are for multiple uses (i.e., fall
under the MUSY Act), while forests are set aside for preservation and enjoyment.
False
Which key factor(s) is(are) part of a park worker's job, which includes providing protection and safety
to park visitors
A) protecting people from the resource
B. protecting the resource from the people
C. protecting people from people
In the environmental, cultural, and historical education context, the goal of this is to increase each
visitor's enjoyment and understanding of the parks and help visitors care about the parks on their
own terms:
interpretation
At federal and state agencies, including government land management agencies, many employees
begin in:
seasonal or temporary positions while attending college
US Army Corps of Engineers
department of defense
US Fish and Wildlife Service
department of interior
National Park Service
department of interior