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Chapter 2 ⎯ Description of the Proposed Action and AlternativesTable 2–14 Unit Equipment Comparisons — 4/25 th IBCT and 2/25 th SBCTParameterFort Richardson4/25 th IBCT 2/25 th SBCTSoldiers 3,538 4,105Intelligence, Surveillance, & ReconnaissanceUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 19 4VehiclesWheeled Support Vehicles 926 588Combat Vehicles 0 317 Strykers (27 MGS incl.)Tracked Vehicles 0 0Direct Fire SystemsMobile Gun Systems 0 27Javelins 80 121Anti-Tank Guided Missile 0 9Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ITAS) 28 0Indirect Fire SystemsMortars: 120 mm/81 mm/60 mm 12/8/14 36/12/18Howitzers: M119 (105 mm) 16 0Howitzers M777 0 18Cantonment Infrastructure: Facilities vacated by the 4/25 th would initially support a majority of thecritical facilities for the 2/25 th SBCT, including office space, housing, and parking and maintenancespace. Fort Richardson currently has administrative office buildings and temporary relocatable facilitiesthat are being used to support the 4/25 th . Although these facilities are outdated and smaller thanthe square footage of standard BCT space required, they would support the near-term administrativegarrison operations of the 31 companies that comprise the 2/25 th until they could be renovated andnew ones constructed where necessary in the 2012 time frame. Currently, the construction of new unitoffice space for the 4/25 th is programmed and planned. Stationing of the SBCT at Fort Richardsonwould require the programming of one to two additional administrative office buildings, above whatis currently planned.Fort Richardson currently possesses the extra enlisted barracks space initially required to accommodatethe 200 to 300 extra single enlisted Soldiers of the 2/25 th SBCT requiring barracks space as partof this alternative. The existing facilities are outdated and smaller than standard facilities, but theywould meet the initial stationing requirements of the 2/25 th until new facilities could be programmedin 2012. Due to a lack of on-post Family housing to support the additional Families of the 2/25 th , itwould be anticipated that a majority of single officers and married enlisted Soldiers would live offpostwhere there is adequate housing available in the surrounding community for the 300 to 400 additionalSoldiers and their Families. Currently, the renovation of barracks for the 4/25 th is programmedand planned. The stationing of the SBCT would require the construction of a larger barracks spaceabove what is currently planned.At Fort Richardson, the 4/25 th uses a combination of improved surface military vehicle parking spaceand graveled parking space (Figure 2–7). There is a plan to construct an additional 1,086,516 squarefeet of improved parking space in 2012 and space is available next to the existing military vehicleparking area to build the additional combat vehicle parking space. Until this time, however, two ormore battalions of the SBCT would be required to park on unimproved surface. In addition, some ofthe units of the 2/25 th would be required to conduct maintenance activities on unimproved surface forFebruary 2008 2–31 2/25th SBCT Final EIS