Investing in equipment upgrades, facility renovations, and staff training is how MWR provides the tools for fitness. As an example, a Staff Sergeant at Camp Lejeune credits the fitness program there, including the Semper Fit program that stresses adopting healthy lifestyles, with saving his career. Two years short of retirement and with problems recovering from a knee injury and surgery, he was on the verge of medical release from the Corps. The program the fitness counselors at Camp Lejeune placed him on reduced his body fat by nine percent and rehabilitated his knee to the extent that his PFT score improved dramatically and he now is training to compete in half-marathons. Marines value being fit and MWR helps them get there.
Leaders are readers.
Knowledge is the key to winning on the battlefield and winning in life. Marines and families value learning and MWR for giving them the books, materials, or services necessary to support not only Professional Military Education requirements, but, voluntary education, and simple recreation requirements too. Our libraries will soon offer on-line services that will give Marines and families greater access to a world of knowledge. Marines train hard and when time allows, play hard. The club has the latest high tech lighting and sound equipment, enough satellite receivers to pick up every NFL game or prominent sport, and emphasizes food, fellowship, music, and fun rather than alcohol consumption.