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MICOM

Supply

andMainteneca

ChiefVisits56th

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- Colonel William J . Mac

Pherson, Director of Supply

and

Maintenance, MICOM

(United

States

Missile Com

mand) visited

the

56th Artil

lery

Group for briefings on

the

mission

and

requirements

of

the

Pershing missile

system.

From his offtoe at Redstone

Arsenal, Ala., Colonel MacPher

aon oversees \he 1upply and

maintenance of all U.S. Army

missile systems. Colonel MacPher

son is also

eventual

supervisor

to the many MMTs (MlssUe

see Col. MacPherson, P. 4

Plclved above are oome of tbe various 1&areo of a Ptnhln1

mlalle

Annual Service

l'racllce (ABP). Al rltht,

dl1Uaplahed

obeentn IUP at vapor trail

lefl

afler

tbe Ille

Wllooooo&b.

D 3/84

and

C,4/

41

Place

Pershings

in

the Plcklebarrel

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND - The flash

of ignition,

the

roar of a thunderous launch,

and

the

later

confirmation

of an

accurate

impact on target. These

were

the ingrediants

of

the

successful launch operation staged by

Battery C,

4th

Battalion, 41st

Artillery

and

Battery

D,

3rd Battalion, 84th Artillery.

The

whole operaUon

started off with

theoe

two

batteries cheddn1 and rechecking

their

equipment

and

then loadln1 It In their transport trucl

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To

,

AGI Time Again at 56th

SCHWAEBISCHGMUEND

was present for the out briefing quali

fi

ed

to

venture into un-

, and commented that the trend la

m1

har llclds and endea\'ors. and

LIVE BY

- It seems hke only

ye

s

te r

- was "defin itely up in the

56

th

ncqul

re knowledge

th

ereof ra

day that

I wrote

an

article Group." pidl

y.

_

Mu

st

hO\

'e

,ct in

itiative.

about last

year's Annual

This year w will be out to good Judgement. Integrity. resour-

. General Inspection (AGI) show that a year later, that trend ccr.~ lncss. an? scll-confi ~