STATUS OF STAR GATE PROJECT (RE TRANSFER TO AFMIC)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00789R003000100002-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 2, 1993
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SUBJECT: Status of STAR Gate Project (S)
1. (U) PURPOSE: To provide the Honorable Senator John Glenn
with background information on how the STAR Gate project would
benefit by its transfer to the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence
Center (AFMIC) .facility at Fort Detrick, MD.
2. (U) POINTS OF MAJOR INTEREST:
a. (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The transfer to AFMIC would benefit
Project STAR GATE by allowing its analysts to be collocated with
AFMIC scientists so that the project can receive administrative
support and scientific oversight. Specifically it would-provide
for:
(1).The review of scientific methods used by the STAR
GATE project by the AFMIC scientific staff.
(2) The availability of AFMIC support staff for
personnel, finance, programming, and publication issues.
(3) The availability of human use review capability by a
Reserve officer attorney assigned as a mobilization augmentee.
This attorney will be able to provide an annual assessment of the
compliance of STAR GATE project evaluations with relevant laws,
executive orders, regulations and procedures regarding human use
aspects of the project.
(4) The sharing of common interests. in the broad aspects
of life sciences. This synergism could result in new avenues of
analysis on foreign neuroscience research, enhanced learning
performance, pattern recognition and decision making, and unusual
biophysical effects.
(5) More secure working environment than the current
STAR GATE facility can provide to store classified materials.
REPRODUCTION REQUIRES
APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR
OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY
FURTHER DISSEMINATION
ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG
OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY
CLASSIFIED BY DIA/PAG
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(6) Improved access to intelligence community data bases
and the in-house Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) electronic
mail-system.
b. (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) A staff study, completed in December 92,
recommended STAR GATE be transferred to AFMIC; however, the AFMIC
building is oversubscribed and could not accommodate STAR GATE
.personnel. A secondary facility was identified at Fort Detrick,
but was determined to be unsuitable. In the interim we are
continuing to look at other facilities and options since the
current facilities at Fob Meade, MD, must be vacated by the Fall
of 1993 .
3. (U) CONCLUSIONS: (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The transfer STAR GATE
project to AFMIC would allow this unique project to establish a
more firm scientific base and would enhance its capability to
perform analysis of foreign programs utilizing anomalous
phenomena.
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THE ARMED FORCES MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
(AFMIC)
WORK AREA/BOILDING OPTION
PROJECT: This paper addresses enlargement of the- Armed Forces
Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC) building. Funding ($4.6M) for
15,000 square feet of additional space and associated equipment are
required to accommodate .the recent 70 percent growth in personnel
and an expanded mission.
BACKGROUND: AFMIC is a field production activity of the Defense
Intelligence Agency responsible for assessing the foreign
biological warfare threat, chemical warfare medical defense,
medical biotechnology, and foreign military medical capabilities.
AFMIC is a one-of-a-kind resource within DoD for several missions
of growing importance. These include medical intelligence support
to US military operations worldwide, assessing foreign
environmental threats to US forces, support to biological warfare
treaty monitoring, and technical input to biological warfare non-
proliferation efforts.
HISTORY: AFMIC has been housed at Fort Detrick, Frederick,
Maryland in its two story, 25, 000 square feet building since August
1986. The building was designed for 54 people but now accommodates
93. Personnel growth has resulted from consolidations of defense
intelligence functions and the transfer of analytical assets
devoted to foreign biological warfare and biotechnology analysis.
CURRENT SITUATION: Because of the overcrowding, analyst
workstations have been located in the library, the computer center,
and the publication office. The working environment is further
degraded because the air conditioning system was not designed to
handle the additional heat load. In FY94 and beyond, more space
will be needed for additional communications and information
processing hardware and a photointerpretation suite. Additional
transfers of 10-20 personnel will occur to support assessment of
worldwide epidemiologic and environmental threats as well as
management of the foreign human factors program. AFMIC is seeking
temporary office space elsewhere on Fort Detrick. This option does
not look promising because the available facilities do not meet
security and communications connectivity requirements.
IMPACT IF NOT APPROVED: Unless the AFMIC building is enlarged, the
intended efficiencies from consolidation of defense intelligence
medical, biological warfare, and human factors related assets
cannot be achieved at this facility. The usual US Army cycle for
capital construction is not an acceptable alternative because the
additional floor space would not be available for 5 to 7 years.
Moreover, it is not feasible to locate analysts elsewhere. That
would preclude the benefits gained from AFMIC's close proximity to
the US Army Medical Research and Development Command which is also
located at Fort Detrick.
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ARMED FARCES MEDICAL SNTELLIGEIJCE CENTER
LA~'MICj
13t;TLDING EX~'A.NSION PLAN
pRELIMINAR'I COST EST2MATE
Primary Facility Costs:
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~s,aoa ~F Extenszon.....~170~s~',...........$2.555
Security System ~~
C+~mn-unicatians and ADF' Installation 2~p
Primary Casts...... ...............................$2.815
Supporting Facilities Costs.....18~s raf primary Gasts 422
Retrofitting e~ist.in~ building
Utilities
Site Improvements, Demolition
Subtotal of Facility Casts.........._.............,...3.237
Contingency Casts_._..__..,,Xt~~; of Facility Costs.,., 32c
Su.bt4ta]. .............................................3.561
Supervisory Inspection and OV'FTD...6~ a~ Subtotal..... 214
Total Constructa.an (MSI,GON) Casts ....................3.775
Furnishings and. Equzgment(G~Mj Casts ................ 8Q0
Total Estimated Costs ...............................$4.575
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