American Forces Travel

American Forces Travel (americanforcestravel.com) is the official joint-service Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) leisure-travel booking site for the military community. Run as a partnership between the military services and Priceline, it sells discounted hotels, flights, rental cars, cruises, vacation packages, and event tickets to eligible patrons, with booking revenue helping fund other MWR programs. It is an Adjacent quality-of-life resource, not a logistics system.

What it is

American Forces Travel is described by Army MWR as "the only official joint services MWR leisure travel website" and functions as the online counterpart to MWR's in-person Information, Tickets and Travel (ITT) offices. It offers member-exclusive discounts on airfare, lodging, rental cars, cruises, vacation packages, and event tickets.

Who operates it

The site is a joint initiative of MWR programs across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, under the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community & Family Policy. The commercial booking platform is operated by Priceline under contract to the services.

Access

The site is publicly reachable without a login or CAC. Booking eligibility is verified at checkout rather than gated at the front door: eligible users include active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, retirees, and other authorized MWR patrons. There is no separate account-request or SAAR process; eligibility is confirmed as part of the booking flow.

How logisticians use it

This is a quality-of-life/leisure-travel benefit, not a materiel- or operations-logistics tool. It has no bearing on official duty travel, which runs through the Defense Travel System (DTS) and related booking tools. Its relevance to the logistics community is limited to MWR benefits administration and referral, not day-to-day logistics work.

Related systems

American Forces Travel is distinct from official-duty travel systems such as DTS and its associated booking engines, which govern government-funded travel. It sits alongside other MWR-administered quality-of-life benefits rather than alongside logistics/supply-chain tools.