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Adjusting to accommodate the workload and force, the 649th Munitions proSquadron has taken on a self-hel-p of out the Bldg. ject moving squadron 800 and into a building that had not been refurbished in nearly 60 years. Our squadron is moving to Bldg. 1622 because it will give our squadron a more centrally located base of operations, said Tech. Sgt. Craig Ahrens, project manager. Lt. Col. Barry Olson, 649th Munitions Squadron commander, said the unit has a test facility in Bldg. 1642 and the A-1- ' Most of the airmen donating their time to the project are just that, airmen senior airmen and airmen first classes. Most of what they know about tearing down walls and stucco came from helping dad or friends around the house when they : were at home. Before I came in the military, I put up dry wall in the basement when my family was building our new house, so I had a little bit of experience, said Airman 1st Class Chris Barry, 649th MUNS. I told them that when they were asking for volunteers in the shop and they grabbed me. Barry is one airman who finds the change refreshing, but wont miss it Russ Martin t s 1 . r ' 0 3 $ ' . B-- MAMS area, where they V' 'V 'V-vA- VvT t ' when they complete the project. This doesnt relate to my normal duties in any way, said Barry. Nor- I,'' . W mally I ride around in a truck and deliver V t, k oil- - store muni- v. v .. tions, out toward the 1200 and 1600 area. We have found three buildings in the 1600 area, all needing a degree of rehab and muM,, were now going to move all the offices we have in Bldg. 800 over to that location. Bldg. 800 has been sited to . Above, one of the many airmen working on the project helps sweep the floor to prepare the building to lay carpet. More than 2,000 square feet of carpet will be laid before the building is ready. Left, Airman 1st Class Neal Hushin, volunteer, touches up paint areas on the walls. More than 50 gallons of paint and spackle were used to complete the project self-hel- p munitions and this is just for our squadron. Its a nice change, but when its done, its done, and Ill go back and do my regular job. With quality of life constantly being p promoted in the Air Force, the Self-Hel- Store offers a quarterly award for quality of life improvement. When a project is completed, the project manager can submit a package consisting of before and after photos. The 775th Civil Engineering Squadron commander, conthey were shop and flight chiefs and Lt. Col. Stuart Hartford, will then were bogged down with those duties duct a walk through and judge the as well, said Ahrens. They asked accomplishments of the squadron perfor a tech who had experience with this sonnel. The winning project will be Olson. Also with the BRAC move of I available. Like the .awarded $1,000 for squadron func7 the 0 workload from Sacramento some walls, built counters, rebuilt offices, area and became if tions. Air Logistics Center and the new worktextured walls, put up all new dry other airmen in here, they asked and Though Ahrens plans on entering load on the 2 bomber, Bldg. 800 will wall both upstairs and downstairs. we had done jobs like this before into the conthe another. in or one Its Bldg. 1622 face-lif- t all of us had way We also had to prepare a secure vault house much of the supplies, equipment not crew. whats driving Barry test, thats downstairs. My folks built all the secure worked out well, weve had a great and offices for those areas as well. and coworkers. his a where a was It couple only project walls to the specifications by Security Shortly after the news of the new workThere real were the of Normally when I do work, I want B carpenters. CAS guys our to system, house load hit the squadron, the 649th MUNS Managers, to know when they look at it, a which is a classified computer system was a lot of head scratching and lot of people started looking for a new place to operwork. Ahrens and his crew had to sit and I did it, said Barry. If theres a difate out of. Bldg. 1622 was on the scope for munitions. do research in books to find out how to do ference in the quality in my work So far, Ahrens and his fellow craftsand two others in the same vicinity. and somebody elses, I like knowing men have used more than 50 gallons of some aspects, according to Olson. We began work here June 1, accordI was not commander when the project that, I did it and it looks good. than 2,000 ing to Ahrens. Weve really done a lot paint and spackle. Now, more So when the commander is in here started, said Olson. I took over in June. to the place. The overall shape of the square feet of carpet need to be laid and hes sitting at his desk looking When I looked at the project, I said, oh carpet tiles. by one-fobuilding wasnt too bad, but the walls all one-fomore than we could at the nicely painted walls and rolling Ahrens is just glad he doesnt have to boy, did we bite off were really out of shape. They had 1940s chew, because it was an awful lot of work. around easy in his chair on the new wallpaper on them. Not bad, consider- do it all on his own. a lieutenant and Ive seen contractors come in and not do carpet, I can say, I did that and I did it They originally had ing this place was made Aug. 30, 1940.: well. as good of work as these guys have done. We put all new finishes on all the walls; master sergeant overseeing here, but house new facilities, such as TMO, inbound household goods and income tax office and several other units, said md added new spray spackle as well. They have completely rehabed that building, said Olson. 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