Recreation officer is a billet of the Medical Division aboard United Federation of Planets Starfleet ships and stations. (TOS novel: The Wounded Sky, TOS novel: My Enemy, My Ally)
In 2264, the unnamed recreation officer knew all of the Enterprise's officers' athletic skills and recommended that Captain Kirk teach a judo class. (TOS novel: Enterprise: The First Adventure)
- The billet was called recreation director in this novel.
As exemplified by the duties taken on by Lieutenant Harb Tanzer on Enterprise in the 2270s, the billet included: maintaining the morale and mental health of the officers and crew aboard; servicing as chaplain or counselor in the absence of personnel to fill those billets; and supervising any and all recreational facilities.
- The training for such a billet have not been outlined any pro or fan fiction, though presumably there is a specific curriculum at Starfleet Medical Academy.
Lieutenant Hasslein was the recreation officer on Shadowstar Station in the 2290s. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: "Pomp and Circumstantial Evidence")
External links[]
- Recreation officer article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.