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MISSION STATEMENT
The Department of the Navy's Fitness and Sports Program is an
essential Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) activity whose
primary mission is to promote and maintain the well-being,
morale, and efficiency of Navy and Marine Corps personnel by
promoting physical health and mental well-being. As a benefit of
military service, fitness and sports programs play a major role
in retention and maintaining the physical and emotional well-
being of military personnel and their family members which
directly influences the Department of the Navy's primary mission.
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