Justification

Authorization for the Recreation Facility is derived from 10 USC 2673, Restoration of Damaged Facilities. Funding is needed in FY 1973 to permit restoration of this facility important to morale and welfare of Military personnel assigned to this installation. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida supports two Air Training Squadrons, the Naval Training Command Headquarters, Naval Air Rework Facility, provides carrier qualifications for all Fleet pilots, and is the homeport for the training aircraft carrier USS LEXINGTON. This project will construct a building to replace the recreation facility which was destroyed by fire on 4 December 1971.

The Recreation Facility contained a clubhouse, golf pro shop, snack bar, dressing and locker rooms, and a golf cart facility serving a military population of 16,000 personnel. The facility was used by enlisted and officer personnel, retired personnel, military dependents and official guests. The recreation building is the control center for two heavily used 18 hole golf courses. An average of 6,000 people play golf here each month. The surrounding community has only one municipal golf course open to the public. This municipal course is heavily used, crowded and it is difficult to obtain a starting position during normal recreation hours.

The Station is temporarily using a mobile trailer and a temporary shelter until a replacement can be provided. Failure to provide this facility will adversely effect the morale of personnel assigned at

Authorization for the Theater and Recreation Facilities is derived from 10 USC 2673, Restoration of Damaged Facilities. Funding is needed in FY 1973 to permit the restoration of this vital facility at this installation.

The Naval Air Station (NAS) Memphis Tennessee, is primarily a training base where personnel are trained in maintenance, operations, administration and other special fields associated with the Navy's air mission. Normally, more than 8,000 students are present at all times undergoing training. The Station also supports a large Naval Air Reserve unit.

The Theater and Recreation Building serving this base was destroyed by fire 9 December 1971. The building contained a 1,627 seat theater, Navy exchange cafeteria, barber shop, retail store outlet, meeting rooms, a youth center and other necessary recreational space. There were 243,550 admissions to movie presentations last year, with two showings every evening, 365 days a year. addition, the theater was used for 140 lectures on leadership, drug education and related troop issues last year, attended by 33,995 personnel.

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Since the fire, a suitable auditorium to serve this extensive need has not been available. Also, the Navy exchange currently does not have a retail outlet or barber shop to serve the north side of the station, which is divided by the heavily travelled Millington-Arlington Highway. Commercial recreation facilities off base are limited, expensive and remote from the station. The nearest theater is 2 miles distant, and is of marginal quality. The nearest modern theater showing acceptable movies is 15 miles from the station, and the price of theater tickets is $2.00 per admission. Until a replacement facility is constructed, the large contingent of predominantly lower grade enlisted personnel assigned in air technical training schools on this station will be deprived of essential recreational outlets, with an adverse affect on their morale and career motivation resulting.

Installation:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

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Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Mare Island Division, performs work in connection with alterations, drydocking, and outfitting of ships and crafts; nuclear submarine construction and refueling of nuclear submarines and surface ships other than carriers. This shipyard also services nuclear attack and polaris submarine warfare systems.

This project was originally authorized in the FY 1967 MILCON program for $2,475,000 along with two other projects for an installation total of $2,842,000. Subsequently, the prime contractor, the Jordan Company of Columbus, Georgia, encountered latent subsurface conditions related to the construction of the cofferdam and the cast

in-place concrete piers. The Jordan Company submitted a claim for the additional work incurred and $684,736 of the $1,220,951 claim was considered valid by a Board of Changes.

amount.

Current authorization is insufficient to permit payment of this The requirement for an amendment was not finalized in time for the Navy to include it in the FY 1973 MILCON program. The Navy supports an amendment in this years bill so that the delay in paying a valid claim is minimized.

House Armed Services Report

The amendment for drydock No. 1 Improvements at the Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Mare Island Division, was added to the Navy's program as a result of testimony developed during the hearing. This testimony disclosed that the Navy had determined in December 1971 that the contractor for the project had a valid claim for latent subsurface obstructions

and soil conditions.

These obstructions and soil conditions altered

the specified construction sequence for the cofferdam and the cast-inplace concrete piers.

Final review and approval by the Headquarters, Naval Facilities Engineering Command was not made on the contractor's claim until the first week in May. This timing of the approval precluded the Navy's processing a change to the fiscal year 1973 program prior to the start of hearings. Since this is a valid obligation of the Government, the committee approved an amendment of $605,000 to prevent an undue delay in settling the claim.

JUSTIFICATION: The increased cost of the awarded items was due to a rise in labor costs which occured in the Phoenix/Tucson area.

The additional amount for the land item, $114,000 is needed to acquire in fee, real estate that is now leased. Two owners involved cooperated with the Air Force in 1950, by granting 25-year leases with an option to buy their tracts of 160 acres and 80 acres for $4,000 and $2,000 respectively. That was the market value at the time. The other Owners declined to grant options. The current value of these tracts has greatly increased, and the land under option is now valued at $80,000 and $40,000 respectively. The Air Force believes that it would be inequitable to enforce these options when the other, non-cooperating landowners will receive present market value under this authorization. Accordingly, the Air Force proposes to purchase the land at the current value. This requires an increase of $114,000 in the land item.

Project provides for the construction of a pre-engineered hangar with lean-to, taxiway, apron, fuel storage area, range earthwork; roads and utilities.

JUSTIFICATION:

Significant recent advancements in technology provide the potential for great improvement in airborne weaponry. The first generation hardware for some of the elements of this weaponry has been developed and is currently undergoing test and evaluation at Kirtland AFB. Test results have so far demonstrated that significant objectives have been achieved. Therefore, the design and production of the second generation hardware, i.e, airborne equipment, has begun.

This facility is required to accommodate the assembly, installation and check out of the elements of this weaponry in aircraft. The siting of this facility meets the specialized requirements for ground testing and for safety preparation for tests during actual flight.

This urgent requirement was not identified in time to be included in the FY 1973 Military Construction Program (MCP). The development and test work on the type of weapons that will be accomplished in the proposed facilities, offers the potential for significant advances in the air combat capability of the United States. Delaying the facility request until the FY 1974 MCP would degrade this potential.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:

It is proposed to fund this facility by including it in the FY 1973 Military Construction Appropriations Program in lieu of items deleted by Congress during their review.