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File: aacad_13.txtbilleting was p1entiful with about 8 or 9 cots to a tent versus 12-13 at KKMC. We gave out clean sheets, blankets and pillows to all personnel when requested thanks to out laundry service. DV tents were also present here, along with a few outrageous policies like fruit baskets and sundries, in the desert. The DV suites were furnished and carpeted with elaborate furnishings from the American Embassy. The embassy gave us approx 2500 pieces of furniture, unfortunately we got stuck to pack up and return at tear down time. The people before us were set up very nicely to say the least. Billeting was also located in a separate tent at this location, very good idea to have a separate office tent which we shared with PERSCO. We didn't have any mortuary cases at this location. MWR was probably the most interesting part of this tour. I was responsible for five MWR airman. Facilities included local purchased weight room in a GP Shelter, rec center in a GP shelter with nintendos, movie check out, tv/vcr, games, books etc..there were also two 24 hour movie tents. The all ranks club was two GP shelters together, local purchased tables, chairs, sound system and two beer coolers. Restrooms were built on the hill, with a bar, DJ booth for over 200 CDs and AM2 matting was used as the floor. It was a great place to hang out and we ran bingo, theme nights and departure parties there. Tours were probably the biggest pain. The civilian bus contractor was somewhat unreliable with times, but it was the only company allowed on the base. American Express ran the major tours and picked us up outside the gate. Tours were weekly and covered by APF to Ismal, Alexandria, Pyramids, City Tour, River Cruise, E1 Alamein and Beduin Night. I restructured the program as described in my attached memo for record. I played a significant role in tear down operations at this site. We had a 30 day timeline which worked great as far as phasing out facilities and packing up equipment and sending people home. Since we had all the customer service facilities it was a game of chance for stopping food orders, products etc... never knowing if the base would really close or not but hypothesizing. I did two hotel inspections of kitchens, rooms and security for the move to contract quarters when the word was given to close. We moved to the Ramada on day 20 after the fighters returned home and stayed in the quarters for about two weeks as we tore down tent city and packed it up. We returned the furniture to the embassy warehouse, gave most assets to the embassy to redistribute to Aspen, Brightstar ect...such as movies, cd's, tvs etc,.. We packed the kitchen in two days and then ran a billeting operation and QAE function in the Ramada kitchen. We returned to Austin on 15 June after passing through Rein Mein GE and McGuire AFB NJ. Lesson' Learned - Check all questionable financial matters out with HQ - Things looked too good to be true here and they were. .~
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