Armed Forces Recreation Centers ( AFRCs ) are a chain of Joint Service Facility resorts hotels owned by the United States Department of Defense to provide rest and relaxation in the form of lodging and outdoor recreation for United States military service members, US military retirees and other authorized patrons.
6-528: Rates for use of these facilities are determined by rank, with the lowest ranking service-members paying the lowest fees. The facilities are often located in areas where typical hotel and resort rates are very high, thus allowing the members of the military lower cost vacations. Hale Koa Hotel at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii is the only AFRC resort inside a military reservation in the United States. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) G9 directly manages
12-534: A new pool, a beverage bar, and a luau garden. Later, the Maile tower was built across the lobby from the Ilima tower, bringing the total number of rooms to 818. Also constructed was an adults-only pool, a fitness center, a parking garage, and Bibas, a new café located on a porch underneath the Maile tower. The Ilima tower was fully renovated in 2010, as was the Maile tower in 2019, and a new ocean-side pool complex replaced
18-506: The AFRCs to provide all uniformed services with high-quality, affordable resort-style facilities consistent with the Army's focus on readiness and quality of life for Service Members and their Families. The five resorts include: This United States military article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hale Koa Hotel The Hale Koa Hotel , which means House of
24-765: The Warrior in Hawaiian , is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) resort hotel located on Waikiki Beach and owned by the United States Department of Defense . It sits on the southeast corner of Fort DeRussy on the western end of Waikiki in Honolulu . The hotel has more than one million guests every year, all of whom require the United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card to lodge at
30-399: The hotel's original pool. There are several dining facilities on the hotel's beachfront property: Because Hale Koa Hotel is an AFRC resort, it is not open to the general public. Reservations may only be made by: The Survivors' Family Program extends to family members and sponsored guests accompanying authorized users. Eligible users are defined as family members who have suffered a loss of
36-464: The hotel. Though owned by the DoD, the hotel is entirely self-sustaining, and does not receive any government funding. The hotel was originally planned to be built on the site of Battery Randolph in the early 1970s, but the battery proved to be too resilient to demolish. The hotel opened at Waikiki beach on October 25, 1975, with a traditional Hawaiian ceremony. A major expansion came in 1991. The hotel added
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