hawthorne army depot
Hawthorne, Nevada Mission Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) provides for the receipt, storage, re-warehousing, preservation and packaging, surveillance, renovating, demilitarization/disposal and issue of conventional ammunition; responds to meet peacetime ammunition movement requirements; insures capability to ship/receive containerized munitions; operates calibration lab; maintains an International Standards Organization container maintenance/repair facility; and maintains an ammunition maintenance capability. Designated site for long-term storage of reused industrial plant equipment. History Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne, established Sept. 15, 1930, was redesignated Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant (HWAAP) on Oct. 1, 1977, and subsequently, HWAAP was converted to a government-owned, contractor-operated installation on Dec. 1, 1980. On Oct. 1, 1994, with loss of its production mission, HWAAP was redesignated as Hawthorne Army Depot. Installation Overview The depot occupies 147,236 acres. The facility has more than 2,915 structures including: igloos, supply warehouses, maintenance buildings, munitions sheds, and office buildings. HWAD has 7,685,000 square feet of storage and is the nation’s premier demilitarization facility for conventional ammunition. The high desert, isolated location provides ideal training facilities for joint special operations forces preparing for deployments to Southwest Asia. Competencies HWAD is a large ammunition depot. The depot has immense storage and outload capabilities for both rail and truck. The Western Area Demilitarization Facility at Hawthorne is the nation’s premier conventional ammunition demilitarization facility. HWAD is a provider for high desert military training facilities. HWAD was selected by the Defense Logistics Agency for the storage of the nation’s stockpile of elemental mercury. Capabilities at a Glance • Demilitarization • Rotary furnace • Flashing furnace
///// A Palletized Load System truck from the 423rd Transportation Co. stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., rolls through Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nev., as part of a convoy mission.
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Hot gas Melt out Steam out Press out Open detonate/open burn Ammunition maintenance Convoy live fire Live fire ranges Mountain driving Rock climbing/cliff rappelling Known distance range High-angle sniper range Airborne operations Ammunition renovation
Contact Information Hawthorne Army Depot ATTN: JMHW-CO 1 South Maine Ave., Bldg. 1 Hawthorne, NV 89415-9404 (775) 945-7001 (COM), 830-7001 (DSN) CDRSITE-Hawthorne@conus.army.mil
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