Chapter 6
Community Activity
Centers for Remote
Sites and Small
Populations
a. Introduction
Community Activity Centers for remote sites and small
populations must solve special problems under con-
strained conditions. The CAC is a consolidated facility
accommodating morale support activities and other
morale, welfare and recreation programs, designed to
provide a real center for post community life. The proto-
typical CAC programs and plans presented here are
designed to serve isolated sites with military strengths of
250 or less.
This section includes a discussion of the planning con-
siderations basic to the design of Community Activity
Centers for small remote installations. It presents the
design concept and organizational issues for such CAC's
in terms of a facility designed for a hypothetical overseas
post. It provides basic building programs and plans for
CAC's for installations of three military strength ranges;
1 - 25, 26 - 100, and 101 - 250. These are suggested
designs, for adaptation to local construction, climate and
site conditions at each individual installation.
b. Planning Considerations
(1) Center of Community. Community Activity Cen-
ters for small remote sites must be planned to create a
good community for the local military population. Since
these sites are typically located in isolated and foreign
environments, community services and leisure time activ-
ities for the installation population are not generally avail-
able in the surrounding area. The troops tend to spend
most of their time within the confines of the installation.
Thus development of a sense of community through pro-
vision of a self-sufficient program of community activities
and services, and of a place to be for nonmission activi-
ties, is particularly important.
Page 6-50 DG 1110-3-142
Previous Page
