Excerpt from Morale, Welfare and Recreation and Commissary Issues: Hearings Before the Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare, and Recreation of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session; Hearings Held March 29 and April 6, 1995 Mr. Mchugh. Good afternoon. This meeting is called to order. Today, the Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation holds its first of two hearings as part of the deliberations on the fiscal year 1996 defense authorization bill. Over the past several years, us. Forces have been called upon to do more with less and less. These forces have answered the call repeatedly. As a result, this Nation, this Congress, and ultimately this Panel must respond in kind to provide a quality of life for our men and women in uniform which recognizes their dedication and sacrifice. The key to this is a strong morale, welfare and recreation program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.