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Ribbon cutting opens Combat Support Vehicle Maintenance Facility

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  • By Senior Airman Veronica McMahon
  • 36th Wing Public Affairs
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --  Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) partnered with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas Oct. 26, for a ribbon cutting for the new Combat Support Vehicle Maintenance Facility (CSVMF) at Northwest Field.

The $13 million project is a joint use building intended to support the units relocating to Northwest Field but designed primarily for the 554th Red horse Squadron.

"The CSVMF will provide a permanent location for the 554 RHS's complete vehicle maintenance operations and limited space for Andersen AFB's BOS (Base Operation Support) Contractor to provide basic maintenance services at NW Field," said Ensign Witt Featherston, 36th Civil Engineer Squadron construction manager. "This is the largest building completed out there to date. Until then the 554 RHS was doing vehicle maintenance in tents."

The new Leadership in Energy and Environment (LEED) Silver certified facility includes eight core maintenance bays, shops, storage and office support.

"The facility you see here is a cog in the wheel of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Regional Training Center and supports vehicle maintenance for the 554 RHS, Commando Warrior, Combat Com, and Silver Flag when they get here," said Col. Scott Hartford, chief of Capital Investment Management Division, Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment (AFCEE). "The vehicles of these organizations have been maintained in trailer park city and in tents down here in the yard. This gets the vehicle maintainers into a professional facility, doing first-class work."

The 554 RHS operates and maintains more than 400 pieces of heavy civil and building construction vehicles, and is directly responsible for all this maintenance.

According to the NAVFAC news release, this design-build task order was awarded in July 2010 by NAVFAC Marianas to a Guam-based joint venture, Guam Pacific International. It is the largest military construction project that's been executed to date by the combined 36th Civil Engineering Squadron and Resident Officer in Charge of Construction Andersen team.

"Just as soon as the award was made, our Navy and Air Force teams hit the ground running, and struck a true partnership which they maintained throughout the duration of the project," said NAVFAC Marianas Executive Officer, Capt. Cheryl Hansen. "I would like to recognize our team for maintaining razor-sharp focus on safety. It is indeed a tremendous achievement to execute 163,000 hours of work without one safety violation or incident."

"The 554 RHS operates and maintains more than 400 pieces of heavy civil and building construction vehicles, and is directly responsible for all this maintenance," Ensign Featherston said. "This is a huge project and a huge deal for the 554 RHS."