First let me describe Fort Riley's capabilities as a Power Projection Platform. Our railhead is immediately adjacent to a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad. We have a state of the art railhead facility capable of 24 hours per day operation during major deployments, and capable of processing 400 rail cars per day leaving in either direction from Fort Riley. We can deploy the equipment for a division equivalent in just over 7 days-and in fact can get our equipment to the port before most ships can arrive. Our primary aerial port of operations is Forbes Field in Topeka-a little over an hour away by bus.
Equipment required for loading the aircraft is maintained on site.
An experienced civilian workforce supports that capability. Clearly the deployment capabilities of this installation are not impaired by being located in the heartland of the country. If the nation calls, we can be there on time with our equipment. Fort Riley also provides one of the best training areas in the world. Not only can we fire all our weapons systems and conduct major unit maneuver training, but we can do much of it simultaneously.