First Army

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First Army
Rock Island Arsenal Relocation and Transition
Team - Topics

• Headquarters, First Army, Relocation Concept and
  Timeline
• Rock Island Arsenal
• Location/Quad Cities
• Rock Island Arsenal Information/Attributes
• Brief History
• Budget Renovation/MILCON
• Way Ahead

Please take a moment after the Town Hall meeting
to visit the display of floor plans and other
information.
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Rock Island Arsenal Relocation and
TransitionOverall Concept
First Army

• HEADQUARTERS, FIRST ARMY, MOVES BY FUNCTION TO
  ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL
• Concept Capabilities that set conditions for
  core mission essential functions to rapidly
  transition from Fort Gillem to Rock Island
  Arsenal move first then mission essential
  functions move non-core support functions move
  last.
• Core Functions are
• TRAIN/Mobilize/Deploy
• Command and Control (C2)
• Core Support Functions Build a support base for
  core function capability some dual capability
  required support functions transition is
  incremental, requiring prioritization.
• Prioritization of manning, infrastructure and
  communications will support core functions
  transition

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FIRST ARMY Relocation Timeline
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2011
2010
2009
Fort Gillem/McPherson Close 15 Sep 11
CG FLAG to RIA, OPS at RIA 15 JUN 2011
TOF, 15 JUN IOC
FWD OPS CTR Test Eval O/A 15 MAY
ADVANCE PARTY (30 PAX) (JAN-APR 2011)
First Army Change of Command (JAN 2011) (T)
Military arrivals begin at RIA, Jul 2010
TORCH TEAM DCG, HQ COMDT/LNO (30-50 PAX) (MAY
2010)
Binding Canvass Letter to DACs, May 2010
Corps of Engineers Estimated Construction - 15
OCT 09 15 APR 11 - 18 Months 3 Month Planned
ext for change orders, punch-up, etc. 15 APR
-15 JUN
Corps of Engineers Advertise (pending
availability of FY 2010 MILCON funds) 15 Jul 08
and Award 3 AUG - 30 SEP 09)
First Army LNO Team to RIA, Summer 09 (2-4 PAX)
Publish Relocation OPORD (JAN 09)
Design (NOV 08-JUL 31 09)
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2009
2011
2010
2012
CORPS OF Engineers dates
FIRST IN DEED
As of 21 JAN 09
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First Army
Rock Island Arsenal - Overview

• Major, full service Army installation
• Total employed at RIA today about 7K, largest
  employer in the region
• Support more than 54K Active, Reserve component,
  retired military, civilian employees and Family
  members within a 150 mile radius
• Home to over 70 DoD organizations private
  companies

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First Army
RIA - Installation Attributes
World class infrastructure
950 acre island on the Mississippi River
1.3 miles of railroad spur

• 336 buildable acres
• 25 miles of roads
• 6.6M SF of floor space
• 503K SF of available office and warehouse space

Produced armaments for every major conflict since
the Spanish American War
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First Army
RIA Special Aspects
Armys prototype School Age Child Development
Center
National Historic Landmark
Private Golf Course
Hydroelectric plant generates 1/3 of RIA
electrical power
One of three Arsenal Support Program Initiative
(ASPI) sites
Armys second oldest museum
Active National Cemetery
Self-contained water production plant
Fire and Emergency Services - Mutual Aid
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First Army
Rock Island Arsenal History
1816 -- Fort Armstrong Established
1862 -- RIA Established 1866 to 1894 -- Stone
Buildings Constructed
1898 - Spanish/American War -- Small Arms
WWI Machine Guns Tanks
WWII, Korean War, Vietnam -- Artillery Cold War
-- REARM Modernization
Gulf War -- M198 Howitzer/Tools/Shop Sets
OIF / GWOT -- M6 Machine Gun Mounts, Forward
Repair System, Shop Equipment Contact
Maintenance, Armor Door Kits
2006 to present -- ASC, JMC, TACOM - LCMC Support
to Soldiers
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First Army
QUAD Cities Area
Cedar Rapids, 65 Miles
Iowa
Chicago, 152 Miles
Rock Island Arsenal
St. Louis, 198 Miles
Illinois
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First Army
Rock Island Arsenal Building 68
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First Army
Rock Island Arsenal Building 68
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Future Home of First Army
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Current MILCON Funding
First Army

• Funding for MILCON FY 2010 POM
• 20M MILCON budget for renovation
• BRAC budget for MILCON for FY2010 is 4.1B for 72
  projects
• Other MILCON for FY2010 is 4.9B for 200 projects
• Compressed timeline requirement, no room for
  delays or missed milestones in MILCON, U.S. Army
  Corps of Engineers responsible for meeting
  requirements for renovation timelines
• Does not include furnishings (5.4M) or
  replacement of building 68 windows (estimated at
  7.1M), which is also expected to be funded
• DA BRAC office working to obtain earlier funding,
  tied to decision point for alternate space
  August, 2010

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Way Ahead
First Army

• 21 OCT 08, Design Charrette final report from
  contractor outbrief at RIA (35 Design Review)
• 28 OCT 08, BRAC OPT, Base EXORD work with staff
  action officers (note TUESDAY)
• 3 NOV 08, BRAC Executive Steering Committee,
  Base EXORD
• 7 NOV 08, BRAC IPR to CG (Task and Purpose
  details of concept development)
• 12, 14 NOV 08, BRAC OPT, Staff Annex G-6
  Overview/IT Discussion Spt Plan
• 18-19 NOV DA ACSIM Soldier Ready Summit II
  Arlington, VA
• 21 NOV 08, BRAC OPT, Staff Annex Drafts due
• 3 DEC 08, BRAC Executive Steering Committee,
  Staff Annexes Review, Rehearsal for CG IPR
• 8, 19 DEC 08, BRAC OPT, EXORD Refinement
• 22 DEC 08, BRAC IPR to CG
• 9 JAN 09, BRAC OPT, Focus on steps following
  EXORD published, Way Ahead
• 16 JAN 09, OPORD SUBMITTED to DCG
• 21 JAN 09, Town Hall Overall Move Concept, DAC
  (CPAC) Focus, Getaway Club (PAO Lead)
• TBD, JAN/FEB 09, BRAC IPR to CG OPORD APPROVAL
  decision brief
• 27 JAN 09, 65 Design Review in staffing/OPT
  Input to 65 Design Review
• EOM JAN/before 10 Feb Floor Plan/65 Design
  desk-side decision brief to CG
• 29 JAN 09, Defense National Relocation Program
  briefing to DACs, Getaway Club (G-1 Lead)
• 10-11 FEB 09, 65 Design Review at RIA

CG IPR or directed briefing Leadership or Corps
of Engineers Executive Steering
Committee Operational Planning Team
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First Army
Relocation and Transition to Rock Island Arsenal
POCs

• RIA Relocation and Transition Team, 404-469-3786
• 
  404-469-4298
• 
  404-469-3784
• Questions?

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First Army
Relocation and Transition to Rock Island Arsenal

• Back Up Slides

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First Army
RIA - Community Imprint
Largest employer in the region
Support family members of deployed military
throughout the region
Strong community Congressional support
Impacts over 14K community jobs
CFC Campaign contributes over 300K to the Quad
Cities
The only full service Army installation in
Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota
Local economic impact is over 1B per year
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Chicago, IL
Rock Island IL
St Louis
Fort Knox,
Atlanta, GA
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Building 68
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RIA Workforce Demographics
First Army
White Collar 84 Blue Collar 16
Average age 43 years
Education Levels High School 98 Bachelors 47
Average years of service 13
7,299 Employees (12 increase from 2005)
Veterans 26
FIRST IN DEED
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First Army
RIA - MAJOR TENANT ORGANIZATIONS

• US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND (ASC) Provide direct
  logistics support to combat units worldwide while
  managing the Armys globally pre-positioned
  stocks and war reserve supplies
• US ARMY JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND (JMC) - Manage
  all conventional ammunition for the Department of
  Defense
• US ARMY TACOM LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT COMMAND
  (TACOM) Provide life cycle logistics support for
  weapons armament, chemical defensive equipment
  and tools and training systems

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First Army
RIA - MAJOR TENANT ORGANIZATIONS

• US ARMY ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL JOINT MANUFACTURING
  TECHNOLOGY CENTER (JMTC) - DoDs only
  vertically integrated metal manufacturing
  facility and the Armys only foundry
• US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT
  (USACE-RI) - Provide quality, responsive
  engineering services to the Nation and Upper
  Mississippi Valley
• CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY NORTH CENTRAL
  REGION (CHRA) - Global responsibilities for
  servicing over 35,000 Army and DoD civilians

FIRST IN DEED