A hearing was held to examine the Department of Defense's on-site child care policies for uniformed and civilian personnel. Testimony concerned: (1) origins of the need for on-site or near-site child care among military personnel and characteristics of care provided; (2) aspects of service provision to civilian personnel working for the military services; (3) impact of parental leave legislation on child care services provided by the military; (4) expansion of child care services; (5) differences in constraints on service provision to military and civilian personnel; (6) the General Services Administration's (GSA) plans and projects for child care for Federal employees; and (7) background information about the GSA's involvement in providing day care services. Appended material submitted for the record includes: (1) correspondence; (2) questions and answers concerning the joint Department of Defense committee on child care in the Pentagon; (3) facts about Army child development center programs, Army Family Child Care, and supplemental programs and services; (4) implementation of individual education plans in child development services; and (5) overviews of the U.S. Marine Corps' Child Care Program, the Navy's Child Development Services, and, very briefly, the Air Force's Child Development Program. (RH)