Last updated: 4/26/2019

buildings D and E were added.

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described the facility as operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.









SITE R ENTRANCE

Main entrance gate at Site R

Close-up of main gate and Visitor Control Center/Remote Delivery Facility (Schungel Bldg)

Signs posted outside the gates at Site R

PERSONNEL ENTRY CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR RAVEN ROCK / SITE R





The Security Building serves as the entry control point for the Raven Rock Mountain Complex

Granite Cove Dining Facility

Building F

Pavilion





STAFFING LEVELS AT RRMC

SITE R TENANTS

RECENT UPGRADES TO SITE R

Raven Rock Mountain Complex Fire Station

The RRMC Fire Station was built in 2005. The E-One website has a photo of a

Site R is a secure facility and personnel must follow the security procedures outlined in USAG Raven Rock Regulation 380-1 The RRMC Security & Intelligence Office is responsible for validating requests for entry to the installation. Entry is controlled by an exchange badge system consisting of an external pass and internal badge. The external pass must be worn whenever someone is on the installation. Upon entering the Security Building, a person must exchange the external pass for an internal badge. The internal badge must then be returned to the entry control point in the Security Building upon exiting.Entry to the roof, cavities, and wells is limited to persons having a strict operational requirement. The Special Access authorization for these areas is controlled programmatically by the Visitor Access Security System (VASS).Family members are allowed access to the facility for holiday meals and special award ceremonies. Guest tours of the site are not permitted. The only approved areas for family members are:Site R is a Continuity of Operations relocation facility for the Department of Defense. Current rosters of relocation personnel are provided to the Military Police for granting access to the site. During an actual relocation or a relocation exercise, special "Hasty Access" procedures are followed to expedite entry. Large groups traveling by bus will enter through the main entrance gate and proceed to the Security Building upon validation by the guards. Relocating personnel arriving via helicopter will follow Blue Light and Iron Gate procedures.The entry procedures are documented in the following USAG-RR Reg 380-1 The people who work at Site R come from multiple areas. The basic day-to-day support for the facility is staffed by the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS). The FY 2013 WHS budget report listed 135 FTE positions at RRMC funded by the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund.The Pentagon Force Protection Agency provides security for the installation. An online resume of a Supervisory Police Officer at Raven Rock put the military police force there at around 148 as of 2007. 2010 Fort Detrick Defense Technology & Intelligence Career Fair ad describing the composition of the workforce at Ft. Detrick refers to "support services being provided to an additional 739 at Raven Rock Mountain Complex."This blog and my other RRMC-related website have received visits from over 325 different IP addresses assigned to the Raven Rock Mountain Complex. While many of them are assigned to a generic RRMC hostname, the ones belonging to the "Alternate Joint Communications Center - Emergency Relocation Group" are quite specific: DAMI (Army Intelligence), SADCINT (Sector Air Defense Commander - Intelligence), DCSPER (Deputy Chief of Staff - Personnel), OTJAG (Office of the Judge Advocate General), OTSG (Office of the Surgeon General), ASAIE (Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations and Environment), ODA (Operations Duty Officer), IG (Inspector General), PAO (Public Affairs Officer), XO (Executive Officer), LOCSUR (Logistics Operations Center Army Surplus), LOCSUPMAINT (Logistics Operations Center Supervisor Maintenance), ASACW (Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works), ASAMRA (Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs), VCSA (Vice Chief of Staff of the Army), MOSOSOD (Special Operations Division) and many others. 2012 press release about a newly minted 114th Signal Battalion coin refers to the "more than 30 federal, civilian, and military agencies that occupy" Site R. The following partial list of Site R tenants were included in the 1999 FOIA documents: Naval Operations Support Activity, Joint Staff Support Center, Air Force Manpower Readiness Flight, National Military Command Center, Air Force Operations Group, Air Force Emergency Operations Center, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1111th Signal Battalion (now the 114th), Department of the Navy, and Office of the Secretary of Defense. A current list of DOD components (many if not all are tenants) are listed on the Pentagon's website.In addition, a DOD Directive defines RRMC tenant units as including both the above DOD components and "other Executive Departments and Agencies located at the AJCC by agreement." The financing of Site R operations is shared by tenants via the Defense Working Capital Fund.