Tobyhanna Army Depot

Coordinates: 41°11′36.0558″N 75°25′57.36″W / 41.193348833°N 75.4326000°W / 41.193348833; -75.4326000
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41°11′36.0558″N 75°25′57.36″W / 41.193348833°N 75.4326000°W / 41.193348833; -75.4326000

Tobyhanna Army Depot
Coolbaugh Township,
United States of America
Entrance to the Tobyhanna Army Depot in June 2022
Tobyhanna Army Depot is located in the United States
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Location in the United States
TypeUS Air Force base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUnited States Army
Websitewww.tobyhanna.army.mil
Site history
BuiltFebruary 1, 1953

Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) (previously known as Tobyhanna Signal Depot) is a full-service electronics maintenance facility located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Established on February 1, 1953 on the site of a former artillery training range, the depot is tasked with providing logistical and maintenance support for command and control electronics systems for the United States Department of Defense and repairs tactical ballistic missiles, rigid-wall shelters, and portable buildings for the United States Air Force.[1][2] It employs 5,000 personnel in Northeastern Pennsylvania, making it the region's largest industrial employer.[2][3]

Overview

The depot's current functions are designing, manufacturing, repairing, and overhauling electronic systems. These include satellite terminals, radio and radar systems, telephones,

electronic warfare
, and guidance and control systems for tactical missiles. It also operates 30 Forward Repair Activities at central U.S. installations and overseas, including in the Middle East.

The U.S. Army has designated Tobyhanna as its "Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for C4ISR and Electronics, Avionics, and Missile Guidance and Control". The Air Force has designated Tobyhanna as its "Technical Source of Repair for command, control, communications, and intelligence systems." Tobyhanna has gained new missions and workload in each of the five rounds of

Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) between 1988 and 2005.[4]

History

From 1900 to 1936, Tobyhanna Lake and nearby lakes at Gouldsboro and Klondike were sites of ice collection and storage, producing up to 150 boxcar loads per day between them shipped as far as Florida.

In 1912, Tobyhanna had a railway station, telegraph, and post office. At that time, the U.S. Army had no artillery training range east of Wisconsin. Major Charles P. Summerall, commander of the 3rd Field Artillery at Fort Myer, Virginia, chose the site as a suitable training range. After leasing land for $300 in 1912 and 1913, Summerall persuaded Congress to authorize the purchase of 18,000 acres (73 km2) for $50,000; eventually, the military reservation was expanded to 22,000 acres (89 km2) (according to the Tobyhanna Army Depot) or 26,000 acres (105 km2) (according to Pennsylvania DCNR).

The land was used as a tank and ambulance corps training center from 1914 to 1918, for artillery training from 1918 to 1931 and 1937 to 1941, and to house Civilian Conservation Corps enrolled from 1931 to 1937.[5]

During

anthracite coal mining in the region had led to the unemployment of 35,000 workers, and the new Depot received 600 job applications per day two years before its opening. Tobyhanna is Northeastern Pennsylvania's largest employer.[6]

In 2005, President George W. Bush delivered his Veterans Day address at Tobyhanna Army Depot, commending the installation as a "facility that has provided critical services for our armed forces" and applauded the depot workers as men and women who have been "carrying out dangerous missions with bravery and skill."[9]

In late 2016, it was reported that the depot now uses an anechoic chamber to test radars by simulating signals and targets. The initial cost of the room was recouped in around eight months because the systems did not have to be shipped to the Yuma Proving Ground.[10]

On September 29, 2020, Senate Builders & Construction Managers Inc. was contracted to upgrade and renovate Building 1E at the Depot.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA". www.tobyhannahousing.com. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  2. ^ a b "Our Mission". www.tobyhanna.army.mil. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  3. ^ "Tobyhanna Army Depot". installations.militaryonesource.mil. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  4. ^ "GAO-08-121R, Military Base Realignments and Closures: Transfer of Supply, Storage, and Distribution Functions from Military Services to Defense Logistics Agency". www.gao.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  5. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and National Resources (27 February 2023). "A Recreational Guide to Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro State Parks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  6. ^ a b "Tobyhanna Army Depot". www.tobyhanna.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09.
  7. ^ [1] Archived April 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD)
  9. ^ White House Office of the Press Secretary. "President Commemorates Veterans Day, Discusses War on Terror".
  10. ^ Unique Chamber Saves US Military in Repair Cycle Costs, Mark Pomerleau, DefenseNews.com, 22 November 2016
  11. ^ "Contracts for September 29, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2020-10-10.

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