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Airmen Billets 2002 Click on image to enlarge Mass Dormitory

Summary: Airmen Billets 2002 Click on image to enlarge Mass Dormitory Relocation to Comply with Dorm Integrity Plan In February about 400 members of the 8th CES 8th Medical Group 8th Operations Support Squadron and 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron moved to comply with the Air Force s dorm integrity plan On 8 March more than 800 troops made a one day move It is a return to the old days when one building or section of a building was occupied by one unit The reasons given were for unit cohesion morale and overall protection issues The move was to be done in one day with the exception of personnel TDY or on leave Those personnel awaiting the return of the TDY Leave people were be housed temporarily Kunsan Air Base Osan Air Base Kadena Air Base Japan and Eileson AFB Alaska have 1+1 dorms The 20 20 plan now known as the One Plus One Plan was approved by the Secretary of Defense for all of the services in 1997 The current plan calls for all of the services to offer a single room no roommate to all single enlisted personnel with the exception of boot camp ships deployment locations and schools by the year 2005 The plan will then move to the next phase which will include giving all single enlisted personnel a shared living area plus a shared or private kitchenette Each pair of rooms shares a bathroom and kitchen which vary in design because there are four different floor plans A 17 cubic foot refrigerator microwave apartment size stove cabinets eating counter and barstools are standard in each kitchen Bathrooms have both a shower and a tub Each floor is equipped with four washers and dryers and each has a day room Some people snickered that in these days of terrorist activity it was be now a lot easier to wipe out all the specialists in one area by taking out a section of a dormitory Especially worrisome was the fact that all the pilots were now housed together by squadron in the BOQ area We re certain that this was addressed when this plan came up However we have pics of mortar destroyed barracks next to the 35th TFS pilots billets when they went to Vietnam when they were part of the 3rd Fighter Wing at Kunsan The USAF lived through wars with this setup and it can live through a lot more in the future Most military members live on base in dormitories With the bulk of the airmen living in the dormitories the age old problem of control of the military members was resolved A decade ago a large percentage of enlisted troops were allowed to find quarters off base because there was inadequate facilities on base Enlisted members were forced to double up in one tiny room and at times triple up The complaint then was that under U S standards a pig was guaranteed more space than an airmen As a result there was a bustling real estate market in A town of one room shanties Now these buildings have been all razed and the commanders have now more direct control of their people In July it was again reported that the practice of doubling up has been reinitiated due to the dormitory renovations that are going on According to the Wolf Pack Warrior Recent dorm renovations have decreased available rooms by 96 and current requirements outstrip availablitlity In order to meet current space required housing requirements in 2001 the 8th Fighter Wing obtained a waiver to AFI 32 6005 space standards This waiver permits the doubling up of staff sergeants The estimated completion date of the dorm renovation at Kunsan is scheduled for Sept 2005 and aconstruction of 17 new dorms at a rate of two per year is slated to begin shortly Only about 200 have approval to live off base in the local community In these times of growing anti Americanism and terrorist tensions this is the best solution As the older Korean apartments have had chronic vacancies more and more landlords are turning to military occupants as renters These units are mostly small two three bedroom apartments in Sanbook dong or Naun dong about a fifteen minute drive from base Others live in older homes outside of A Town in Mimiyon Airmen Billets 2002 Click on image to enlarge Mass Dormitory Relocation to Comply with Dorm Integrity Plan In February about 400 members of the 8th CES 8th Medical Group 8th Operations Support Squadron and 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron moved to comply with the Air Force s dorm integrity plan On 8 March more than 800 troops made a one day move It is a return to the old days when one building or section of a building was occupied by one unit The reasons given were for unit cohesion morale and overall protection issues The move was to be done in one day with the exception of personnel TDY or on leave Those personnel awaiting the return of the TDY Leave people were be housed temporarily Kunsan Air Base Osan Air Base Kadena Air Base Japan and Eileson AFB Alaska have 1+1 dorms The 20 20 plan now known as the One Plus One Plan was approved by the Secretary of Defense for all of the services in 1997 The current plan calls for all of the services to offer a single room no roommate to all single enlisted personnel with the exception of boot camp ships deployment locations and schools by the year 2005 The plan will then move to the next phase which will include giving all single enlisted personnel a shared living area plus a shared or private kitchenette Each pair of rooms shares a bathroom and kitchen which vary in design because there are four different floor plans A 17 cubic foot refrigerator microwave apartment size stove cabinets eating counter and barstools are standard in each kitchen Bathrooms have both a shower and a tub Each floor is equipped with four washers and dryers and each has a day room Some people snickered that in these days of terrorist activity it was be now a lot easier to wipe out all the specialists in one area by taking out a section of a dormitory Especially worrisome was the fact that all the pilots were now housed together by squadron in the BOQ area We re certain that this was addressed when this plan came up However we have pics of mortar destroyed barracks next to the 35th TFS pilots billets when they went to Vietnam when they were part of the 3rd Fighter Wing at Kunsan The USAF lived through wars with this setup and it can live through a lot more in the future Most military members live on base in dormitories With the bulk of the airmen living in the dormitories the age old problem of control of the military members was resolved A decade ago a large percentage of enlisted troops were allowed to find quarters off base because there was inadequate facilities on base Enlisted members were forced to double up in one tiny room and at times triple up The complaint then was that under U S standards a pig was guaranteed more space than an airmen As a result there was a bustling real estate market in A town of one room shanties Now these buildings have been all razed and the commanders have now more direct control of their people In July it was again reported that the practice of doubling up has been reinitiated due to the dormitory renovations that are going on According to the Wolf Pack Warrior Recent dorm renovations have decreased available rooms by 96 and current requirements outstrip availablitlity In order to meet current space required housing requirements in 2001 the 8th Fighter Wing obtained a waiver to AFI 32 6005 space standards This waiver permits the doubling up of staff sergeants The estimated completion date of the dorm renovation at Kunsan is scheduled for Sept 2005 and aconstruction of 17 new dorms at a rate of two per year is slated to begin shortly Only about 200 have approval to live off base in the local community In these times of growing anti Americanism and terrorist tensions this is the best solution As the older Korean apartments have had chronic vacancies more and more landlords are turning to military occupants as renters These units are mostly small two three bedroom apartments in Sanbook dong or Naun dong about a fifteen minute drive from base Others live in older homes outside of A Town in Mimiyon

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