Development of an integrated BASH program at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni

Taylor Houston
BASH Program Manager
ManTech Advanced Systems International
1000 Myers Creek Rd
Dripping Springs, Texas 78620
151 229-9060
Taylor.Houston@mantech.com

Abstract: U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni hosts an ever increasing number of military air assets, from USN and USMC, as well as Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces. This poster highlights the development of an integrated BASH program since 2016. In partnership with USMC, NAVFAC, and host-nation personnel, the program has seen dramatic decreases in strikes on an airfield once considered one of the most dangerous for USMC, Navy, JMSDF, and commercial air operations. The risks are still very much present, with the air station in an area with overlapping flyways, and aggregating features found on base and outside the fenceline.

Taylor Houston

Taylor Houston has supported BASH and other natural resource program areas on DoD installations for over 20 years, with a special emphasis on OCONUS installations and airfields. Mr. Houston has provided logistical and technical support to BASH programs on overseas military installations, including international air freight shipment of IATA dangerous goods, technical studies, biosecurity risk assessment, new technology development, physical deterrent installation, and program development. He has supported the BASH program at MCAS Iwakuni (Japan) since 2016, helping Navy and USMC personnel develop the program into what it is today– a program equipped with advanced deterrent and depredation tools and overseen by highly competent airfield biologists.

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