Site R is the Alternate Joint Communications Center (AJCC)
located in Raven Rock mountain [hence the name Site R] just over the
Pennsylvania State Line near Waynesboro, PA approximately 45 miles northeast of
Fort Detrick. The DISA Site-R Computer Operations staff provides computer
services to the NCA, the Joint Staff, the OSD and other DoD agencies through
Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs). The facility functions as the disaster recovery
site for the JSSC's GMC and DISA GCC. The various service [Army, Navy and Air
Force] Emergency Operations Centers (AFEOC) are also located at Site R. Support
is provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The facility's Operations Center,
DCS Technical Control Facility, the Northeast Dial Service Assistance Center and
Information Center provide planning, installation, operation, and maintenance of
over 38 communications systems (switching, transmission, data distribution,
visual information, and power generation) that support the various customers of
the Alternate Joint Communications Center Site R.
Facilities and
services available at the site include a dining hall, cafeteria, snack bar,
chapel, limited post office facilities, and a barber shop.