Vietnam - Base Camps
The Army's base development activities in South Vietnam during 1965-68 have been reviewed in a series of assessments: "Observations on the Construction Program Vietnam" by Brigadier General Daniel A. Raymond (June 1967); the Chief of Engineers sponsored Seeman Board (February 1968); the joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored Special Military Construction Study Group (October 1968); and the Office, Secretary of Defense's Joint Logistic Review Board (September 1970). Several major problem areas and corrective actions were revealed and suggested in these assessments.
In some respects the task of building a military base is comparable to that of building a town. Perhaps the major difference is that bases are planned to serve specific ends, while towns are usually unplanned and grow on the basis of expediency rather than purpose. Typical military bases contain cantonments, storage facilities, roads, electric power plants, communications centers, water supply and sewage systems, and provisions for security. Bases may also include airfields, ports, and fuel storage and distribution facilities.
Troop housing was upgraded from tents to tropical wood-frame buildings because of the rapid deterioration of canvas in a tropical environment. The static nature and the long duration of operations made it economical to install better quality more durable utilities and to support services beyond the temporary nature of the designs in Technical Manual 5-302.
| Installation | Cantonement Capability | Admin. Space Square
Feet |
Storage Space S | Maint Space Square Feet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Based On Housing | Based On W.B.Sewage @ 80 GPD/MAN (Total) | Based On Water Supply @ 100 GPD/MAN (Total) | ||||||
| Officers | EM | Covered S.F. | Open S.Y. | |||||
| Phu Bai | 754 | 5,800 | 1,000 | 1,700 | 93,784 | 127,983 | 9,777 | 48,532 |
| Da Nang | 671 | 4,865 | 1,150 | 1,790 | 106,500 | 21,634 | 89,617 | 114,425 |
| Chu Lai | 1,595 | 10,337 | 0 | 4,520 | 76,615 | 101,881 | 56,587 | 262,949 |
| Pleiku | 611 | 9,521 | 0 | 10,000 | 119,497 | 112,669 | 5,916 | 100,547 |
| Camp Enari | 1,023 | 9,223 | 0 | 5,680 | 300,420 | 85,600 | 58,200 | 218,898 |
| An Khe | 1,950 | 12,000 | 0 | 4,500 | 259,730 | 225,492 | 107,761 | 188,942 |
| Qui Nhon | 1,870 | 20,980 | 2,065 | 3,070 | 519,200 | 1,050,499 | 359,242 | 499,128 |
| Tuy Hoa | 1,002 | 6,765 | 750 | 5,130 | 116,345 | 88,438 | 233,550 | 92,063 |
| Nha Trang | 438 | 7,958 | 5,080 | 7, 340 | 275,407 | 306,605 | 51,840 | 154,541 |
| Dong Ba Thin | 563 | 2,430 | 0 | 2,650 | 38,192 | 7,600 | 0 | 25,220 |
| Dalat | 7 | 579 | 80 | 1, 000 | 3,821 | 17,767 | 373 | 1,760 |
| Cam Ranh Bay | 1,479 | 17,173 | 0 | 10,000 | 440,900 | 873,425 | 622,844 | 377,795 |
| Phan Rang | 220 | 4,487 | 0 | 720 | 48,119 | 48,075 | 230 | 11,176 |
| Lai Khe | 532 | 3,706 | 0 | 700 | 72,326 | 17,038 | 105,350 | 26,216 |
| Phu Loi | 932 | 5,721 | 0 | 12,500 | 81,032 | 36,716 | 149,055 | 481,013 |
| Cu Chi | 1,512 | 12,616 | 0 | 4,500 | 207,261 | 125,036 | 91,560 | 191,800 |
| Bien Hoa | 815 | 8,407 | 6,035 | 22,680 | 134,597 | 91,972 | 3,333 | 136,353 |
| Long Binh | 5,855 | 36,987 | 16,250 | 25,530 | 1,085,544 | 992,655 | 1,269,901 | 917,734 |
| Black Horse (Long Giao) | 307 | 4,537 | 0 | 1,800 | 79,320 | 30,302 | 5,333 | 6,824 |
| Bearcat | 972 | 7,615 | 0 | 13,200 | 125,132 | 60,978 | 64,207 | 117,778 |
| Macv- Saigon-T.S.N | 10,768 | 23,288 | 250 | 14,700 | 1,143,452 | 1,453,945 | 64,813 | 221,155 |
| Saigon Ports | 218 | 1,379 | 3,875 | 2,470 | 163,582 | 945,499 | 365,231 | 61,093 |
| Long Thanh North | 189 | 933 | 0 | 5,400 | 21,808 | 28,880 | 27,710 | 70,050 |
| Vung Tau | 294 | 8,182 | 2,625 | 4,140 | 136,390 | 267,757 | 135,068 | 331,035 |
| Dong Tam | 1,193 | 10,995 | 0 | 6,480 | 160,210 | 89,184 | 11,247 | 212,266 |
| Vinh Long | 365 | 2,435 | 188 | 2,400 | 11,544 | 25,951 | 0 | 46,582 |
| Can Tho | 131 | 1,915 | 337 | 5,120 | 41,419 | 32,782 | 28,050 | 48,643 |
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