INSIDE THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND (FIRST ARMY) FORT BELVOIR, VA. The first installation, Fort Belvoir, is located 11 miles southwest of Alexandria, Va. The mission of this installation is to command, train and provide logistical support of Engineer troop units and the Engineer School; to operate and maintain the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center and the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School; to provide facilities for Headquarters Combat Developments Command and for the Topographic Research and Development Laboratory and to support Davison Army Airfield. The program consists of a barracks complex and a service club. The request is for $11,027,000. The barracks complex will provide adequate living accommodations for 1,200 permanent party enlisted men stationed at Fort Belvoir. These personnel are presently residing in temporary, wooden-frame buildings that were constructed during the early 1940s. These structures are deteriorated and substandard, resulting in complaints from the men who must live in them and adverse impact on troop morale, The new barracks will be designed to provide a sleeping room for each 3 men who will share a private bathroom. Each man will be provided 90 square feet net sleeping area. Besides the barracks, the project includes necessary supporting facilities to provide a completely usable and functional enlisted housing complex, such as, unit administration, storage, battalion headquarters, classrooms, dining facility, gymnasium, dispensary, chapel, regimental headquarters and branch post. exchange. Upon completion of this project, approximately two-thirds of the assigned enlisted personnel will be housed in permanent quarters. A new enlisted men's service club is also requested to replace one of two such facilities presently operated at the installation in temporary wooden buildings constructed during World War II. The existing buildings are in deteriorated condition, are vulnerable to fire, and lack sufficient space for the conduct of adequate service club programs. The facility is direly needed to provide wholesome off-duty leisure time activities for the 8,000 soldiers at this installation and their dependents. CARLISLE BARRACKS, PA. The next installation, Carlisle Barracks, is located at Carlisle, Pa. The mission of this installation is to provide administrative and logistical support for the operation of the Army War College, Army Institute of Advanced Studies, Army Coinbat Developments Com mand Institute of Land Combat, Dunham Army Hospital, and other units and activities. Carlisle Barracks also provides services and facilities to other installations as directed. The program provides an addition to Root Hall and improvements to the electrical distribution system, for which we are requesting $3,053,000. The first project basically provides for the construction of a fourth floor on Root Hall to house the Army War College library which is located in the basement area of the same building now. The justification for this project is classified and will not be discussed here. Improvement to the electrical distribution system will be accomplished by replacing portions of the overloaded, deteriorated system which was built 30 to 40 years ago. The present system operates on two different voltages (12 KV and 4.16 KV) which are not compatible and requires stockage of separate maintenance supply items. Further, the system is unreliable in that 29 unscheduled power outages occurred between June 1968 and February 1972, and the system does not permit isolation of faults. There has been an 84 percent growth in electrical load during the past 5 years. Accomplishment of this project will provide a system which will operate on a single voltage, increase system reliability and have adequate capacity to accommodate future load growth. FORT DIX, N.J. Fort Dix is located 18 miles south of Trenton, N.J. The mission of this installation is to command and support an Army training center, train nondivisional combat units, and operate a personnel center. Fort Dix also supports reserve components training, ARADCOM missile sites, USAR centers and recruiting stations. The program will provide construction of a cold storage warehouse for which $1,215,000 is requested. This project is required to provide a permanent cold storage warehouse to store perishable food items for the 21,900 Army troops at Fort Dix and McGuire AFB and Reserve and National Guard units supported by Fort Dix. The present facility was built in 1941. It is structurally unsafe as the roof, parapets, floors, insulation, and doors are badly deteriorated. In particular, the poor condition of the insulation and the obsolete refrigeration equipment do not permit maintenance of required temperature and humidity levels to preserve perishable commodities. This results in frequent instances of food spoilage. FORT EUSTIS, VA. The next installation is Fort Eustis, Va. Fort Eustis is located about 20 miles northwest of Newport News, Va. The mission of this installation is to organize and train all types of Transportation Corps units and individuals. It supports the Transportation School; Transportation Engineering Agency; Aviation Materiel Laboratories; Combat Developments Command Transportation Agency: Computer Systems Command Support Group; and Fort Story, Va.. a subinstallation. The program includes aircraft parking aprons at Felker Army Airfield and an addition to McDonald Army Hospital. Total cost of the program is $7,535.000. The first project for facilities at Felker AAF is required to provide adequate and safe parking aprons for 26 fixed wing and 72 rotary wing aircraft authorized for Fort Eustis. Only about 15 percent of the existing aircraft parking areas can be classified as adequate which requires that aircraft be parked on dirt and sod areas and positioned dangerously close to the active fixed wing runway. The latter results in unsafe operating conditions while the former results in foreign object damage to aircraft engines. The additional annual maintenance costs from such damage are estimated at $85,000. The addition to McDonald Army Hospital is required to expand the inadequate outpatient clinic facilities which now exist in the permanent hospital building. Since the hospital was opened in 1962, specialty and general outpatient clinic workloads have greatly increased. The hospital is now serving over 59,000 people. Inadequate space in the hospital requires that various medical, surgical, and other specialty outpatient clinics be conducted in scattered temporary World War II buildings or that some services not be provided at all. This project will permit the consolidation of all clinic activities into the main hospital, provide adequate clinic facilities to support the increased clinic workload, and permit discontinuance of use of the temporary facilities. FORT KNOX, KY. Fort Knox is located 30 miles south of Louisville, Ky. The mission of this installation is to operate the U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Maintenance Board, U.S. Army Armor Board, and certain medical research activities. The installation commands, trains, and supports nondivisional armor units, a recruit training center, and supports reserve component summer training. The program consists of a range operations building, barracks complex, bachelor officer quarters, commissary, and branch library. The request is for $20,244,000. A new range operations building is needed to house 14 operating personnel of the Range Operations Division, and to serve as the operating headquarters for 60 military and civilian personnel and 100 trainees involved in the daily support of training conducted on the ranges. The facility functions as the nerve center in the control of the safe and efficient use of the ranges at the installation. The existing facilities are two temporary World War II structures which must be demolished to clear the site for the barracks complex requested in this program. A barracks complex is requested to provide adequate living accommodations for 1,956 enlisted personnel undergoing Advanced Individual Training and Combat Support Training at Fort Knox. These barracks will be constructed to provide open-bay accommodations for these trainees with 72 square feet net sleeping area per man. In addition, the project includes other facilities such as a chapel, dispensary, gymnasium, branch post exchange, unit administration, storage, and classrooms to provide a complete and usable complex. This increment of facilities will complete the larger complex initiated in 1965. Upon completion of this project, 73.5 percent of the bachelor enlisted personnel at Fort Knox will be housed in permanent barrack facilities. A BOQ contained in this request will provide adequate accommodations for 250 bachelor officers of the permanent party and students on temporary duty. These officers must now occupy substandard wooden structures built during World War II or live in off-post housing which is expensive and remote from the installation. It is estimated that con struction of this project will result in annual savings of approximately $1.2 million through reduced per diem, basic allowance for quarters and travel allowance payments. A new commissary store is requested to replace the existing commissary which is inadequate to serve the 73,000 eligible customers in the area. The existing commissary sales store is located in a building which was originally designed for use as a laundry, and space is inadequate to serve the large customer and sales volume. This results in customers waiting to enter the store, congestion within the store, and long waiting lines at checkout counters. Restocking of shelves which becomes necessary during business hours is hampered by the congested conditions. Temporary World War II warehouse buildings are used for storage of commissary stock which necessitates multiple handling from these facilities. Despite operating 54 hours per week and also operating two small commissary annexes adjacent to onpost housing for fast moving perishable and staple items, the existing facility is severely overcrowded. The average monthly sales are projected to increase to $1.5 million by calendar year 1976. A branch library is required to provide a facility to serve 6,520 enlisted men in the newly developed barracks area. These troops are now, served by a small branch library located in a temporary wood-frame building which is too small for the population to be served. The existing main library, which does not conform to current criteria, is located 212 miles from this barracks area in a converted mess hall of 1938 vintage. Less than 20 percent of the authorized library capacity is housed in permanent structures. FORT LEE, VA. Another First Army installation, Fort Lee, is located 2 miles east of Petersburg, Va. The mission of this installation is to command, train, and support units and activities assigned to the Quartermaster Center and to support other onpost and satellited units and activities. The installation also supports the Quartermaster School and the Army Logistics Management School. The program provides a barracks for enlisted women and bachelor officer quarters for an estimated cost of $1,048,000. The barracks project will provide fully adequate living accommodations for 42 enlisted women assigned to Fort Lee. These women are now housed in temporary wooden structures while an almost equal number occupy permanent barracks. This inequitable situation is detrimental to the welfare and morale of these women. Barring an increase in the WAC strength at Fort Lee, accomplishment of this project will complete the requirement for barracks for enlisted women at the installation. The second project will provide adequate accommodations for 48 bachelor officers. The facility will be an addition to a 102-man BOQ currently nearing completion. The facility will be used by permanently assigned bachelor officers and students attending the U.S. Army Quartermaster School and the Army Logistics Management Course. These officers now must occupy temporary inadequate BOQs or expensive housing in the civilian community. It is estimated that annual savings of about $293,000 would result through reduced pay ments for per diem and basic allowance for quarters if this facility is constructed. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD. The last installation in First Army, Fort George G. Meade, is located 18 miles south of Baltimore, Md. The mission of this installation is to train and support strategic Army forces and post troop units; to support Headquarters, First U.S. Army, National Security Agency, Reserve Components, and ROTC summer training. The program provides for improvement of Rockenbach Road for which $1,818,000 is requested. Rockenbach Road is the main thoroughfare traversing Fort George G. Meade from its intersection with Maryland State Route 175 just outside the installation northeast boundary to the facilities occupied by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the northwest corner of the main post. The existing road is inadequate to handle the traffic which reaches a volume of 1,200 vehicles per hour during peak hours. This traffic is generated by employees of NSA, post family housing occupants, the junior high school, and other off-post personnel. The off-base portion of Rockenbach Road has been certified for improvement under the defense access road program. Construction of the onpost and off-post portions is to be done concurrently. (THIRD ARMY) FORT BENNING, GA. The first installation in Third Army, Fort Benning, is located at Columbus, Ga. The mission of this installation is to command, train, and provide logistical support for a division. It operates and supports the Infantry School and Infantry Board. It instructs, tests, and qualifies officers and enlisted men in airborne and ranger techniques and supports summer reserve component training. The program consists of an addition to Martin Army Hospital and air conditioning of building 241. The request is for $6,040,000. The first project is an addition to Martin Army Hospital to provide adequate clinic facilities for this 500 bed hospital. Since its opening in 1959, the monthly clinic workload has increased 125 percent from about 27,000 to almost 61,000 in fiscal year 1971. It has been necessary to retain the old station hospital complex, 3 miles away, in use to house the clinics and other functions for which space is not presently available in the hospital. This arrangement seriously impairs efficient patient care and requires duplication of personnel, facilities, and services. The construction of a 69,600 square feet addition to and the alteration of 46,100 square feet within the hospital will provide adequate space in a single location, improve the level of patient care, and permit better use of assigned medical personnel. The old station hospital complex will be converted for use by the post Civilian Personnel, Chaplain, Supply Services, Finance and Accounting, Transportation, and Community Service activities which now occupy World War II temporary structures. Building 241, currently occupied by the Combat Developments Command Infantry Agency, will be provided with a central air conditioning system. This building, although it is structurally sound, is com |