the giant (mar 1968)
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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,,· ·