Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers
(BOSS)
The Fort
Rucker BOSS program was established to meet the leisure &
recreational needs of single and unaccompanied Soldiers through
innovation, fun-filled recreational programs, and rewarding
community service projects.
The BOSS program provides a
vehicle for communication between the single Soldier community and
the installation command that fosters the U.S. Army Family and
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command Philosophy:
- That single Soldiers are entitled to
the opportunity to recommend policy changes that will enhance
their overall quality of life,
- To participate in recreational and
leisure activities of their choice,
- And to contribute to their local
communities.
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Meetings
Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month
in the Single Soldier Dayroom located in building 8350
beginning at 1330. These meetings are for all BOSS
Representatives at every level.
Well being issues
addressed during BOSS meetings will be submitted to the senior
military advisor, Garrison Command Sergeant Major Robert
Felder, to seek resolution through the appropriate channels.
Key BOSS Personnel
Information
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Eligibility and
Participation
BOSS
program eligibility and participation is open to all single
Soldiers, which is defined as all unmarried, divorced, widowed, and
unaccompanied Soldiers, to include single parent Soldiers.
Participation in BOSS activities is open to all single Soldiers.
Command
Command
involvement in BOSS is
essential to the success and growth of the BOSS program and our
single Soldier community. Here on Fort Rucker, the Command ensures
participation of the single sector at every level, from the junior
enlisted to the Senior NCO’s.
Mission Statement
To enhance the morale and welfare of single Soldiers,
increase Soldier retention, and sustain combat readiness through
planned and execution of community service, recreation and leisure
events, and identifying well being issues for
resolution.
History of BOSS
In 1989, the US Army Community and Family
Support Center (USACFSC) and MACOMS were tasked to develop a program
to get single Soldiers involved in determining their recreation and
leisure needs. Implementation of the BOSS program began with single
Soldiers focus groups. In early workshops, QOL issues emerged along
with recreation and leisure needs and were presented to the local
command as part of the workshop out-brief.
In 1991, the Chief
of Staff, US Army, formally expanded the BOSS program to include all
areas of single Soldiers' lives. This change provided single
Soldiers with an opportunity to surface quality of life issues
through chain of command. During the evolution of the program,
single Soldiers indicated a desire to participate in activities
related to community support. This interest was adopted as another
component of the program.
At the 1995 Army-wide BOSS
conference, attendees identified the lack of BOSS guidance and
program standardization as one of the top five quality of life
issues for single Soldiers.
In 2000, the US Army changed
Quality of Life to "Soldier's Well Being" which encompasses and
expands on the concept of Quality of Life. Well being is defined:
The personal- physical, material, mental and spiritual- state of
Soldiers, retirees, veterans, civilian employees, and their Families
that contributes to their preparedness to perform the Army's
mission.
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