About the Raven Rock Mountain Complex

 

The Raven Rock Mountain Complex is known by many names:

• Site R
• AJCC: Alternate Joint Communications Center
• ANMCC: Alternate National Military Command Center
• NMCC-R: National Military Command Center - Raven Rock
• USAG-RR: U.S. Army Garrison - Raven Rock
• the Underground Pentagon
• the Little Pentagon
• the Backup Pentagon
• the Rock
• and for old-timers: Harry's Hole.

 

 

HISTORY

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman approved the construction of a deep underground facility that could be used as a relocation site for the Pentagon in times of national emergency. One half million cubic yards of superhard greenstone granite rock was secretly blasted out and hauled away in ten months. Five separate 3-story buildings were built deep inside the Raven Rock mountain located on the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. The buildings look like ordinary office buildings set inside a hollowed-out cavern deep inside the mountain. The mountain complex has roads and parking areas big enough to accommodate trucks and buses. The "footprint" is nearly 260,000 square feet with total usable floor space of 700,000 square feet.

The first three buildings (A, B, and C) were built between 1950-1953. Buildings D and E were built between 1963 and 1965. Buildings A, B, and C provided living quarters, administrative space and operational facilities that the armed services planned to use as primary emergency centers. The ANMCC was moved from Building C to the new Building D in 1964. In a crisis, Site R could operate for at least 30 days in a "buttoned-up" position. It was designed to accommodate 3,000 persons in an emergency. The Presidential quarters were located in Building D above the computer room. President Nixon had it decorated pink for his daughter.

The cooling tower and reservoir were added between 1989-1992. The Site R Security Building was built in 1994. The RRMC Fire Station was built in 2005. The underground cavern was expanded in the last few years to accommodate the installation of larger fuel oil storage tanks and the complete replacement of the West Power Plant to support the future projected facility loads.

The primary mission of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex is to support the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Joint Staff (JS). In its current configuration, Site-R is capable of serving as a backup to the Pentagon with state-of-the-art technology, worldwide secure network connections, multiple Emergency Operations Centers, and emergency relocation space for agencies within the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

Site R is completely self-sufficient with two power plants to generate electricity; multiple underground water reservoirs; and a sophisticated ventilation system. In addition to the basic life support requirements of power, water, and air, the underground metropolis also contains a medical and dental clinic, fire department, post office, dining facility, snack bar, dormitories, chapel, barbershop, fitness center, bowling alley, and even a Starbucks. View the map of Site R.

 

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