About MWR
Overview
Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs offer community support and boost quality of life for employees, military members and their families located at the Andrew T. McNamara Headquarters Complex. MWR services and programs at the HQC include a fitness center, food and beverage outlets, child development center, gift shop, special events and entertainment.
Our work is vital to DLA, America’s combat logistics support agency that is solution oriented, efficient, and resilient. Family & MWR employees strive to deliver the highest quality programs and services that range from Business Operations, Child and Youth Programs, Family Advocacy, Outdoor Recreation, and Sports and Fitness activities. Our programs relieve stress, build strength and resilience, and help the DLA workforce stay physically, mentally, and financially fit.
Our History
DLA’s roots were planted on the battlefields of World War I where, behind the lines, Salvation Army sisters and Red Cross volunteers tended to the needs of Soldiers as the forerunners of today’s Family & MWR specialists. Upon the conclusion of the war, funding stopped and morale programs were discontinued. In July of 1940, the Morale Division, later named Special Services, was established within the Adjutant General’s Office. In 1962, DLA signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the United States Army that provided DLA the ability to follow Army Regulations and provide core recreational programming to their military and civilian counterparts.
Today, MWR is comprised of six organizations across DLA host sites: Susquehanna (New Cumberland), Columbus, Richmond, San Joaquin, Battle Creek and Fort Belvoir’s McNamara Headquarters Complex.
Guiding Principles
People
More than 350 Non-Appropriated (NAF) and Appropriated (APF) professionals provide support programs and services to Defense Logistics Agency’s 25k+ workforce consisting of Warfighters, Families, DoD Civilians, as well as tenant agencies, National Guard and Reserve units.