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NATO

Sdence

Advisor Visits 6thGroup

Pershing 1-A

Passes lnitiallests

atWhite Sands

NewMaxlco

ORLANDO, Fla. - The

initial firing of

th

e Pershing

missle from

its

newly devel

oped gr,ound support equip

ment wis successfully carried

out

this month at the White

Sands Missile Range accord

ing to a Martin Marietta

spokesman.

Brigadier

General

Charles

Cantrell

Accompanies

Doctor Bing to

Schwaeb.

Gmd.

The system., known u Pl-A,

Is

being d•veloped by the Orlando

Division

of

Martin

Mar

ietta

Corporation. A

crew from

t

he

huie defense

contrac

t

or

launched

the mlssllc under the category

of a "launch and developmental

flight test."

Len lo

rtclll, Doclor Bbir,

General

CanlreU, and Captain

Stnco,

dloc11U Ille complullleo

of

Ille Per

sblnr mlsalle system durtn1 IJ>elr recent \ 'bit

lo

Ille

Ballen

field lile.

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- The scienti

fic

advisor

to

NATO visited

the

56th Ar

tillery Group recently for a

general orientation on the

Pershing missile system.

The

high rankini;: civilian, Doctor

George F.

Bing,

is

a member

of the United States European

Command. He was accom

panied throughout his visit

by Brigadier General Charles

C. Cantrell, the USAREUR

Assistant Chief of Staff of

Operations for

Artillery and

Special Weapons.

The operation

was cordinated

by the Pershing Proj,ctManagcr's

Office of th• Army Mlsslle

Command.

The Martin

Ma r

ietta

Corpora

tion

only recently annouc•d the

completion

of

1he first class

of

U.S. Army students on the Pl-A

miss

ile

system.

The closs

of

15 s

tudent

s wa•

one of

20

schedu,led for comple

tion

over

t

he next 14

months.

Target date

for

deployment of

the new supl)Ort equipment hos

not been offtclolly announced.

When available,

Per

shi ng 1-A

will urtherc. strengthen the

deterrent capability

of

NATO

VOL.2

forces by reducing reaction

tlme

and

increa~

lng rP1i.1bi1ity

t

tb ,,.

Pershin,

system.

Tile

l lnl

Penblnc

mlulle

lo

be

launebed by lhe newly developed

ereclor-

laun

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Seven Promoted

to

CPT.

In Eleven Days

at

4/41

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- Seven promotions to cap

tain within e Jeven

days

have

put the 4th

Battalion, 41st

Artillery,

high

on

th

e list of

7-11 combina tion winners.

February 20 was the promotion

date of Ca

ptain

James Gibb,

Commo

Pl a

toon Leader for

Headquarters

Battery.

Capta

in

Gibb's wife,

Ba r

b

ar a

, assisted

the

battalion

commander,

Lieutenan

t

Colonel William H. Goodwin, In

attaching

the

sil ver bars.

A

doub

le

promo

tion

ceremony

took

place February 23 as Bat

talion Adj

utant Cap

t

ain Thomas

0.

Hunter, Jr., and Alpha

Bat

tery Command,

er

Captain Robert

V.

Haney bo

th

received the

cherished railroad tracks.

Phylis

Hunter and Carol Haney aided

In

the

pinning of th eir

husbands'

bars.

Next,

Captain

RonaldVauehan,

Executive Officer of Service Bat

tery, received his bars from wife

Sandy and the battalion com

mander, ln February 24th cere

monies.

February 25th was acaln

a

doubleheader,

as Captains

Henry

L. Gaston and Samuel E. Durham,

assistant executive officers of

Service

Battery

, received

their

bars from Colonel Goodwin.

A March I service

saw

Charli

e

Ba

\\

ery's Executive

Officer,

Ca p

tain WIiliam C. Bllo, ha

ve

bis

new rank attached by the

ba t

talion commandff.

The 7-11 promotion col ncidence

stemmed

from

the

high

achiev

ment and the Inordinately similar

dale

s

of

promotion oll1ibiilty of

th

e

ne

w captal111.

Two

EM

At

1181

Receive

Warrants for Valentines

WACKERNHEIM - Val

entines come in many shapes

and

forms and with different

verses wri

tt

en on them, but

two for Staff Sergeant Ed

ward Cullen,

De

lta

Battery,

Isl Batalion, 81st Artillery,

and Specialist Fifth Class

Edward J. Hanzel of Service

Battery,

were

probably the

most welcom-e ever for these

two missllemen.

Both

men

recived Departmen t of Army

o

rd

e

rs

dated 14 February

appointing th.em Warrant Of

ficers.

the bars on each of the new

W

arrant

Officers.

·1·

ne

YJA.rr.r

"Pickle Ba rrd Ba tt ery"

Ballery A.

4th

Bat11.llon. t l l t Artillery CPT Robert

Haney

2. Btry

A,

11

81

•7. Btry

D.

l 81

CPT Ramsey CPT

Ja rvi,

3. Btry A, 3,

84

•7, Bil')' C. ; ; t

LT Orlofsky CPT Cuuthen

4. Btry C, 1181 9. Btry C. 3 84

CPT Con

ley

CPT

C

um

l

cek

5.

Btry

B. 4;41 10. Btry

D,

4 41

CPT Slraco CPT Lord

e. Btry 8,

318

4 11. Btt·y B. 1

81

CPT Hendrickson CPT While

12.

"Fin•

tip-

Warhead Down

Battery

"

Battery D, 3rd Ballallon. 84th Artillery

CPT

Scanlon

Star Mess A.war,

3NI

Bn, 841b

Arly

SFC Cbuon

MH I Steward

• Indicates tie

' '* *

Star Mess

Awar,

1st Bn. 81st

Ar t

y

SFC Haines

MeS5 Steward

Pa,e 3

Sp4

Honored

At

4/41

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- Specialist 4 Robert C. Beck

of Service Battery, 4th Bat

talion, 41

st Ar

tillery, earned

top class honors and com

mendation from three colo

nels for his recent Service

School achievme

nt

s.

A February

graduate of

the

U.S.

Anny

School, he ach ieved

gradings

of

96 out

of

a possible

100

to lead the

class

In t

he

Stock

Record Procedures Course.

Speciali

st Beck recleved le tters

of

commenda tion from

the

school

commandant, Colonel Jack Lane:

56th Artillery Group Commander,

Colonel Patrick

Powers; and

4th

Battalion. 41st Artlllery

Com

mander, Lieutenant Colonel WIi

liam Goodwin.

Colonel Goodwin's

le t

ter read

n part

:

".

 

Your 1horou;h

mas t

ery ol

Stock Rec

ord Proce

dures

sln :les you out a s a man

of

ut

most

worth

to Service

Bat

tery and to the

battalion

. "

Specialist Beck serves

as

a

Supply Specialist with Service

Batter y.

Sergeant Cullen and Spe

cialist Hanzel were called

to

Battalion Headquarters for

the official reading of their

orders and Lieutenant Colo

nel Walter C. Phillips

J r

.,

Battalion Commander, with

help from their wives pinned

SEW

WARRASTS - Former Staff Se r1eant Edward Cullen (center),

and Speelall1t 5 U ward J, H1.11.1el, are 1wol'1l In u Warrcal Officen

br

Ueatenanl

Colonel

Waller C. PbllllPI

J r . CO of 1111.

GROUP-GRAMS

3/84

Specialist Receives Certificate

NECKARSULM - Spe

cialist 5 James C. Golding

has been presented a Certifi

cate of Achievement here for

the

fine job he has done as

Liaison Specialist and Legal

Clerk for his unit.

The

cortltlca e was

s cne

d by

Colonel

Patrick

W. Powers and

re

ad, '

1

For

superior pe

rformance

as Liaison Specialist and later as

Legal

Clerk

of Headquartersand

Headquarters Battery, 3rd

Bat-

talion, 84th ArUllery

during

the

period 3 March

196

7 until 3

February

1968

. In these capacilles

Specialist Five Golding distin

guished himself

throuflh

his

a d

ministrat i

ve

ability

and profes

sional competence In the perf

or

mance of his duties. Throu&h is

attention

to

detail,

con;en al

manner and willlngnesa to assist

others,

he

ea

mee

.enhanced

by live ban d music, with the affair t>e&inning at

B

p. m.

Entries t r the Schwaeblsch Gmuend "Wide World

of Photography"

contest

and

exhibition must

be

turned in to the Service Club here no

later

than March

19.

Pho tographs

submitt

ed

murt

be a minimum of

8xl0,

In black-and

white

or color, and may

be

ent

ered

ln open-cate11ory fields.

W

ACKERNHEIM - Battery 8, st

Ba

ttalion, 81st Artiilery

has undergone a

recent

change of command. Before a

battery formation, Captain

James A.

White, former Battalion

Liaison Of/leer, accepted

the

battery gu idon

as

he assumed

command of Battery B from Captain Paul

J.

Mullek. Captain

Mullek, who returns to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in March, will

assume d.uties as Assistant S-1 Officer until his departure.

S

CHWA.EBISCH GMUEND -

First

Sergeant Robert P.

Bethea has assumed

the

duties of Alpha

Battery's First

Sergeant position, here in the 4th Battalion, 41st ArtilJery.

The

San Anton

io, Texas,

native

replaced Sergeant First Class Michael

Hutchins as the battery's chief NCO.

Ser1eant

Bethea's

last assisnement was

as

First Sergeant or Service

Battory,

2nd

Battalion, 79th Artillery, a t Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

N

ECKARSULM - A "Battle of Bands" will take place

March 23 at 8:30 p. m. at

the

Neckarsulm Service Club. All

amateur bands of Artillery Kaserne

are

invited

to

enter

the

competition.

The

monthly roller skating tour

to Stuttgart

on March

24th, and a Playboy Advisor Panel March 28 round out this

month

's

activities.

S

CHWAEBISCH GMUEND - Vehicle and generator

maintenance awards at

the

4th Battalion, 41st Artillery, for

the month of February, were won by personnel of Service

Battery.

Specialist 4 Stephen Gabor, guidance and control repairman, oper

ated the wi nning entry

in

the Bost Vehicle competition.

Specialist

5 Wayne Zen

ker,

a

sen

i

or

e

lec

t rical

..

devlce

repair

man,

displayed

the

hest

generat

or.

Both men will rccelvo commendatory letters and 3-day posses for

their outstan ding mainten•nce eff,,· ·