FOURTH ARMY AREA

FORT HOOD, TEX.

In the 4th Army area there are 3 installations having a total of 16 items in this program.

The first installation, Fort Hood, Tex., with 12 items totaling $7,356,000, has responsibility for command, training, and logistical support of two armored divisions, and of NIKE units and Reserve components summer training.

First is a 48,000-gallon-capacity aircraft fuel storage and dispensing facility which is estimated to cost $94,000.

This item is required to support 103 aircraft authorized an armored division, 27 aircraft in miscellaneous units, and transient aircraft at Fort Hood Army Airfield. This 48,000-gallon facility is part of 175,000 gallons total requirement when all scheduled aircraft are on hand. Storage for 30,000 gallons presently exists, of which 10,000 is temporary. None of the present storage can be utilized without conversion for JP-4 fuel, and a continuing requirement exists for the conventional grades of aviation fuel; 101 aircraft of the 103 organic to an armored division have turbine-powered plants which require JP-4 fuel.

Next we have a hangar with shops containing 47,762 square feet and costing $1,073,000.

This hanger is required to provide maintenance and support facilities for elements of division aviation organic to the 2d Armored Division. Present facilities are two temporary hangars and one permanent hangar designed for use by a helicopter transportation company. Authorized division aircraft is 103 of which 36 are on hand; remainder is scheduled for receipt during fourth quarter, fiscal year 1964. When all authorized aircraft are delivered, existing facilities will be insufficient for maintenance and support requirements. Upon completion of requested item, the permanent hangar will be utilized by Aircraft Maintenance Company and two temporary hangars will furnish interim support to Air Cavalry Troop.

The third project cover four battalion motor repair shops and facilities. Each shop contains 20,240 square feet; their aggregate cost is $2,903,000. This item is required to provide organizational motor park facilities for four battalions of the 1st and 2d Armored Divisions. Units concerned are now crowded in with other units on the basis of two battalions in a battalion area. Shops are available to support 175 companies of the 231 requiring shops. Two shops under construction will provide for 10 additional companies. A deficit for 46 company facilities remains. Adequate organizational maintenance facilities are essential to the combat readiness status of these STRAC forces. Forty-two temporary buildings, containing 104,812 square feet, will be demolished.

The next item is a division maintenance shop. This shop will be 14,950 square feet at a cost of $313,000.

This shop is required by the maintenance battalion of the 2d Armored Division in performance of third echelon maintenance of all division equipment except medical and cryptographic. This mission

consists of inspection, repair, and maintenance of 1,047 tracked vehicles including tanks, special artillery and armored personnel carriers; 4,030 wheeled vehicles; 7,000 instruments, including fire control computers, range finders and periscopes; and 21,000 small arms. Mission requires storage of approximately 600 repair parts and storage of sensitive items awaiting repairs. The maintenance mission is now being performed in six permanent and temporary buildings of various types totaling 47,584 square feet. Door openings on five of the six shops do not permit entry of tracked vehicles and the one that does has no overhead crane. When the proposed shop is provided the temporary buildings will be demolished and the five permanent buildings will revert to their design use as company and battalion motor repair shops.

This next item is for a nuclear weapons maintenance shop consisting of 4,108 square feet and costing $170,000. It is required to provide shop and classroom facilities for maintenance and repair of simulated nuclear weapons and training devices; and, to train personnel in methods and procedures of repair, maintenance, and handling of these weapons systems. The mission is now being performed in a portion of a temporary motor vehicle maintenance shop located in the post ordnance area. Shop capability and effectiveness are limited due to being too near to other occupied buildings; nor can the unused portion of the shop building be utilized for other functions due to the nature of classified work in the nuclear weapons shop. The large amount of tactical equipment in use has made conventional maintenance shop space critical in the ordnance area. There is no building existing at Fort Hood, properly isolated, that can be modified at a reasonable cost, to meet this requirement.

The sixth item provides six ammunition storage magazines costing $345,000.

This item is required to provide storage for a maximum of 750 tons of ammunition, rockets, and explosives required at this installation. Four thousand tons of ammunition valued at $5 million are required for support of units training at this station. Storage is available for 2,000 tons, with the remaining 2,000 being stored in open areas at the ammunition supply point. This item provides igloo storage for the more sensitive items now stored in open and will replace the least serviceable of existing deteriorated, temporary igloos.

Least serviceable temporary igloos will be demolished and open storage reduced when six new igloos are constructed.

The next item is for three warehouses containing 53,700 square feet. They are estimated to cost $548,000.

Warehouse space is critical and the proposed warehouses will be utilized in support of increased missions of Director of Maintenance (20,250 square feet), Director of Supply (20,250 square feet), and Army aircraft maintenance (13,200 square feet); the latter due to increase in aircraft from 136 to 233. All existing warehouses are temporary type, utilized to capacity, have inadequate floor structure for use of materials handling equipment, and have insufficient lighting and heating. No existing structures will be eliminated.

The next project is for a 55,075 square yard hardstand costing $307,000.

This item is required to provide additional hardstand in four existing battalion motor parks. Existing hardstands are not large enough to provide space for parking of assigned vehicles. Vehicles are presently parked in the unpaved areas in the back of these motor parks. During rainy weather, the unpaved areas become a quagmire. Maintenance is severely handicapped. High vehicle maintenance standards are essential to assure combat readiness of this STRAC unit.

The ninth item at Fort Hood is for an armored combat command headquarters building consisting of 15,000 square feet at an estimated cost of $338,000.

The project is required to provide an increment of permanent headquarters space for an armored division. Seven temporary buildings, having an area of 29,775 square feet, are now being used for this purpose. They are temporary barracks and troop welfare and morale type buildings which should be returned to their original design purpose. These scattered buildings are inadequate for the function of a headquarters.

Continuing, we come to a project for three administration and storage buildings having a total square footage of 33,853 and costing $667,000. These buildings are of different sizes for 2, 5, and 6 companies respectively, total 13 companies.

An onsite survey of the 32 permanent barracks at this station has revealed occupancy by 58 companies. These barracks were designed for 40 companies. In order to provide company adminstration and supply area for the remaining 18 companies, for which this functional space was not provided, it has been necessary to divert other areas within these barracks in order to provide administrative and supply space for 13 companies. Existing temporary buildings within the area had previously been screened and sufficient administrative and supply area was found for five companies. Some 6,851 enlisted personnel are housed in unimproved World War II type temporary barracks at this station, therefore no facilities will be recommended for disposal. Upon construction of proposed buildings, diverted barracks space will revert to troop housing and overcrowded supply storage areas will be utilized for their design purpose.

The following project is a 30-inch 13,660-foot outfall sewer line at an estimated cost of $454,000.

This item will provide a new sewer line parallel to, and will replace the existing deteriorated main outfall sewer line from Fort Hood through city of Killeen to the Government-owned sewage disposal plant. The existing 24-inch line is 20 years old, is loaded to capacity and during periods of rainfall manhole covers are blown off due to infiltration of surface water. These overflows dump raw sewage on city streets and private property. Cost to reline existing pipe would exceed cost of new line due to necessity of bypassing and treating sewage while the repair is made. Deferment of replacement may result in cavein, jeopardizing public health and risking legal action against the Government. The deteriorated 24-inch line will be abandoned in place upon completion of new line.

The last item at Fort Hood is for extension of 31st Street from Battalion Avenue to South Avenue requiring 10,280 square yards of paving at a cost of $144,000.

This item is required to provide adequate and more direct vehicular access to the main post area from the city of Killeen. Traffic currently utilizes existing out of the way and congested streets. These existing streets were not designed to handle the amount of traffic that is presently being imposed upon them, nor do they provide the most direct route to carry traffic to its desired destination.

FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEX.

The second installation is Fort Sam Houston, Tex., which is the headquarters of the 4th U.S. Army and also provides support to Brooke Army Medical Center. There are three items programed here costing $217,000.

The first item covers alterations to two enlisted men's barracks costing $51,000.

The proposed alteration to Barracks Buildings 129 and 131 will provide latrines on the first and second floors, and will bring these barracks up to acceptable standards. Approximately 70 men are quartered on the first and second floors of each of these two buildings, with the only latrine facilities located in the basements.

The second project will provide a new semipermanent 68-man enlisted barracks costing $136,000 at Camp Bullis, 20 miles from Fort Sam Houston.

The mission of Camp Bullis requires the stationing of a permanent. party there to administer troop training. There are no barracks buildings of any type at this subpost. Currently, as a temporary measure, austere living space is being provided by diverting a portion of the dining space in Messhall Building 5903 to barracks. If the requested facilities are provided, the space now being used will revert to its originally designed use.

The last item covers installation of fire sprinkler systems in three buildings estimated to cost $30,000.

The fire sprinkler systems requested are needed to protect three buildings and Government property contained therein. Two of the buildings are used for administrative space, storage of Government supplies and equipment, and classrooms. The third building is a sports arena used for indoor athletic events, also for storage of athletic equipment. Total value of the buildings and stored items is in excess of $1,400,000. The type of construction of all three buildings is such that a fire hazard exists in each. Delay of installation of the proposed sprinkler systems will pose a continued threat to loss of Government property.

CAMP WOLTERS, TEX.

We are requesting one item at Camp Wolters, Tex., which is the Army primary pilot training school for rotary wing aircraft. This item provides 33,070 square yards of parking apron at a cost of $257.000.

The number of helicopters assigned to the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School has increased from 132 to 218 due to the increase of students in the primary course of instruction and the implementation of a new helicopter pilot observer course. Without the additional parking space the school will be unable to effectively carry out its

mission. The additional aircraft that have been received are being parked on the runway and on an adjacent road which is temporarily closed to vehicle traffic. The 132 spaces now available plus the 24 in this project will provide parking for approximately 75 percent of the assigned helicopters. The remaining helicopters will be on the maintenance apron for repairs or inspection. No facilities will be available for disposal as a result of this construction.

This completes the requirements for the 4th Army area and we will now proceed to the 5th Army area requirements.

FIFTH ARMY AREA

FORT CARSON, COLO.

Fort Carson, Colo., provides for the training of the 5th Infantry Division and support of air defense units. The program includes 13 items for this installation, the first of which is for a runway (fixed wing) at a cost of $184,000. An existing temporary taxiway will be strengthened, widened, and lengthened to provide a crosswind runway for safety reasons due to turbulence caused by topography in this area. The second item is for airfield paving and lighting at a cost of $1,637,000. It will provide paving (with appropriate lighting) as follows:

It will support the 123 aircraft assigned to Butts Army Airfield. The permanent pavement assets consist of an existing runway and 11,870 square yards of access apron authorized in fiscal year 1962. All other surfaced areas are substandard consisting of temporary lowgrade bituminous taxiways connections, pierced steel plank parking and taxiways and one small bituminous parking apron. The existing temporary facilities are in poor condition, unsafe and are not located where they can be utilized in the new airfield complex under develop

ment.

The third item is for aircraft fuel storage and dispensing facilities at a cost of $148,000.

It will provide 100,000-gallon bulk underground storage as well as truck unloading and truck fill stands for aviation fuels, both 115-145 octane Avgas and JP-4 fuel. Present temporary facilities are inadequate for 123 aircraft. The proposed facility will provide safe handling and adequate capacity, located at the new aircraft parking apron. Present facilities will be abandoned.

The fourth item is for navigational aids at a cost of $39,000. These consist of an airfield rotating beacon, mounted on steel tower; a lighted