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Description based on: 191; title from caption. ; "Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard." ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Issues for - prepared by the Army Information Branch, Troop Information and Education Division, War Department Special Staff. ; Vols. for -195 issued by War Dept.; 196-275 by the U.S. Dept. of the Army; 275- by the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense; -483 by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, Office of Armed Forces Information and Education.

Recreation has a firmly established place in the Armed Forces. As our military establishment has grown and become an important segment of our national life, recreation programs in the Armed Forces have also developed to the point where they are becoming accepted as an important but normal phase of the American recreation movement. Outdated philosophies of military recreation based on charitable considerations are being replaced by modem concepts of the function of free-time programs in military settings.

U.S. experience in raising the armed forces has resulted in persistent political and social tensions. Individual freedom has seldom been held subordinate to national security interests. Executive control and legislative oversight have frequently been in conflict, but with little judicial challenge to either branch. Finally, national controls have assured a continuing influence upon state manning and operation of the militia. Despite inherently conflicting objectives, the resulting balance has provided armed forces sufficient to preserve the nation while largely guaranteeing individual freedoms.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE ROLE OF SERVICE UNIONS IN NAVAL POLICY, AND FINDS THAT THEY WERE MUCH MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN HAS BEEN SUGGESTED, AND GOES ON TO EXAMINE THE VALIDITY OF THE NOTION OF THE SUPERIORITY OF IDEAS OVER INTERESTS IN TERMS OF REALIST AND BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS THEORY. IT THEN EXAMINES THESE FINDINGS AGAINST THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NAVY'S MARITIME STRATEGY. SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY IS THAT WHICH PAYS ATTENTION TO BOTH SERVICE INTERESTS AND NATIONAL INTERESTS. STRATEGIES THAT NEGLECT EITHER COMPONENT WILL ULTIMATELY FAIL.