DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DEFENSE AGENCIES ITEM: Planning and Design $1,900,000 PROPOSED AUTHORIZATION: H. R. 2 (Report No. 92-1350) amending Section 2(a) Title 10, USC, by adding Chapters 104 and 105 DESCRIPTION: Project provides for the planning and construction of a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. JUSTIFICATION: The Congress passed, and on September 11, 1972, sent to the President for signature the above cited authorizing legislation to establish a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and to provide scholarships to selected persons for education in medicine, dentistry, and other health professions. The University is to be within 25 miles of the District of Columbia, at a site or sites to be selected by the Secretary of Defense, with authority to grant appropriate advanced degrees. It shall be so organized as to graduate not less than 100 medical students annually, with the first class graduating not later than 10 years after the date of enactment. To meet the above provisions of the legislation, it is imperative that preliminary planning and surveys of potential sites be undertaken as soon as possible, with actual design development proceeding without undue delay. SOURCE OF FUNDS: It is proposed to fund this facility by including it in the FY 1973 Military Construction Appropriations request in lieu of items deleted by Congress during their review. APPEALS FROM HOUSE ACTION Senator YOUNG. At this point in the Record, will be placed the Recloma Material from the Air Force. Also imprints pertaining to projects added to the bill. (The appeals and justifications follow:) Increased effectiveness to be gained from this project is essential for the Air Force to respond to national policy during emergencies and to operate economically during normal times. Response times must be decreased to counter rapidly changing threats to national security and to mobilize if necessary. This will be acccplished through reduced flow times, increased worker productivity and improved quality and reliability in weapons systems maintained. More economical peacetime operation is becoming mandatory due to increased complexity of weapons systems, decreased dollar allowances for weapon maintenance, and increased labor and material costs. This will be gained through reduced pipeline inventories, increased worker productivity, reduced operating costs (e.g., transportation, materials, etc.), and increased quality and reliability. Centralizing operations now conducted in 13 scattered inefficient facilities will reduce overhead pipelines, duplicate shops, duplicate functions (e.g., cleaning, packing, and lubrication) and transportation. The Air Force has so much confidence in the effectiveness of this investment that the prograrmed manpower of 1300 personnel affected by project will be reduced by 164 personnel effective upon completion of the project. This will provide a savings of $1.8 million per year for this first increment of the two increment project. Other annual savings approach $900,000. Savings will be audited to ensure they are realized, The project will allow new repair techniques and mechanized handling systems to be used. There will be virtually no increase in space (2%) for the functions directly effected and due to the reduction in personnel will not increase in-house work. This project is the keystone to modernization of the McClellan depot which is a critical portion of the Air Force five depot structure. The depot structure is the minimum required to support approved war plans and to effectively and economically accomplish organic peacetime logistics activities but it must be modernized. To achieve this structure, Air Force reduced rajor depots from nine to five in the 1960s based on programmed requirements which approximate current programmed requirements. Based on analysis this project is a sound long term investment. INSTALLATION: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma BUDGET REQUEST HOUSE ACTION. RESTORATION REQUESTED JUSTIFICATION 74,000 0 74,000 This project is required to provide air conditioning and improve ventilation in the existing airmen dining hall kitchen. In order to permit safe, effective and sanitary operations, food preparation areas must be equipped for proper cooling, heating, lighting and ventilation. To assure that meals provided for assigned airmen are consistently high in quality, appeal and nutritional value, pleasant and clean working conditions are necessary. The existing airmen dining hall is air conditioned and adequate in all respects except for lack of environmental control in the kitchen. Exhaust fans are the only equipment installed in the kitchen for cooling and do not adequately control the humidity and temperature during the summer months. Summertime working conditions often become nearly intolerable due to the heat from the ovens and ranges in combination with the high humidity generated by steam from cooking, dishwashing and cleaning activities. This project will correct deficiencies and it will provide a fully adequate and effective dining facility. This facility is urgently required to capitalize on the recent developments of flight simulation equipment and apply this capability to solve the flight-control problems of current and future Air Force aircraft. The facility design concept as originally proposed by the architectengineer included a visitors' viewing area of 3,000 square feet. There is. a valid requirement for a viewing area to allow scientists and engineers from both government and industry to safely observe the evaluation and testing of developmental products without distracting the large motion base simulator operators. However, it is agreed that the initially proposed 3,000 square feet of viewing area was excessive, and the viewing area in the final building plans, presently underway, has been reduced to 30 square feet. The estimated cost of the original 3,000 square feet of viewing area was only $58,000. In view of the intangibles influencing construction contractors bids and in recognition that a cost estimate is based on numerous judgement factors, it is understandable that there is often an appreciable difference between an architect-engineer estimate and a contractor's bid. For this reason it is not deemed appropriate to reduce the project funding by $350,000. Therefore request the original project cost estimate be restored. INSTALLATION: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio LINE ITEM: The timely development of new Electronic Warfare Systems is necessary to provide the Air Force with capabilities for penetrating changing enemy defenses as well as countering his offensive measures. The annual Air Force expenditure for development and procurement of Electronic Warfare Systems and Equipments exceeds $200 million and these dollars are placed within industry through government contracts. Air Force evaluation testing of these industrial developed systems and equipments is now attempted in a substandard building in terms of space, environmental control, electrical power, and security. The proposed facility will provide the Air Force with the capability to independently test and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of contractor developed hardware prior to integration into an aircraft for flight testing and to rapidly respond to new enemy electronic warfare measures through in-house development efforts. Lack of this facility makes it necessary to improperly rely on theoretical analyses, contractor self-evaluations, and costly flight testing. Responsiveness to the enemy's electronic warfare threat means increased survivability of our new and existing operational aircraft weapon systems. The importance of this program to the survivability of our aircraft has been dramatically illustrated by our experience in the Vietnamese conflict where reports of surface-to-air-missile encounters with our aircraft have become a too frequent occurrence. Avoiding the loss of one operational aircraft to enemy action would more than pay for the proposed facility. It is requested that this project be restored to the FY 73 military construction program. In 1967 the USAF Scientific Advisory Board recommended the establishment of a Human Resources Laboratory to provide the proper emphasis on the Air Force research program in the personnel, training and education areas which had been previously neglected, but which involve the most valuable and expensive resource of the Air Force, our people. When established in 1968 it was logically located at Brooks AFB, Texas, to provide a close interface with its primary customers, the Military Personnel Center and Headquarters Air Training Command at Randolph AFB, Texas, also in the San Antonio area. Lack of adequate functionally designed space has made it necessary to temporarily divide this research function and improvise with existing inadequate facilities at two separate Air Force Bases. The management function is located in World War II wood frame structures on Brooks AFB. The scientific, technical, and support personnel are in temporary and inadequate structures at Lackland AFB. The limitations of present facilities in terms of space for scientific people and high capacity computer equipment impair the research and development capability of this Laboratory. Even with this limited capability this Laboratory has produced significant accomplishments and savings to the Air Force in the personnel and training areas. For example, this Laboratory through detailed surveys of what the airman actually does on the job and computer processing of the massive amounts of data obtained, has revised technical training courses to eliminate superfluous material. Technical course revisions have led to savings of $2,025,174 in FY 71 and estimated savings of $4 million in FY 72. The Human Resources Laboratory can make a more significant contribution if it has adequate facilities. This Laboratory's mission becomes even more crucial to the Air Force in today's environment of reduced manpower and achievement of an all-volunteer force. It is requested that this project be restored to the FY 73 Military Construction Program. |