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CABLE
One of Brl\lO Battery. 4th Batt1llon. 9th Field Artlllerys Pershing II mlHIIH 1tenda at attention during Carbon Archer, the 56th Fltld Artl111ry Command' 10-dly ll1ld
training Htrclff. For more ac:enes of the field Inside.
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From the
General
1'\" cmb<r marks ,he b,ginnin~ of ,he ho
Iida.- season. Th,nk, ~ivin~ c, 11, 10 mind
ima~c~ ot familit) sin int: around the ublt>
mi:.r,htr cnioyin~ ,h, holid fun.
It u. a time ., htn 1' r rtmtmbu the br
gin nin~s of our ~rrat countr~, the nrug~lt
oi 1hr early srnlcr> "' !u,.. i,. ,nd ,h~ help
th\'\' rt-.:ti\'td from lric:ndl in mlk1n; H
thrOu~h 1hr fir.st -..1n1rrs.
Thank"~"ing is a.ho a 1imt 9,htn all of \U
c,n rcnw upon ,ht m,ny ,hinis far , h,ch
"'' c,n b, proud , nd ,h,nkiul T his Th,nk
~,dn~. 1hr 10IJ1<r1 ,nd families of the ;&,h
F,<ld Artill,n Comm, nd h ..c grca, dc, I
" ' b prouJ 01 and ,h,nkiul for.
Our units returned safe!~ from .1 m a1or
fic!J 1r,inin~ cxtrci1<. "Cuhon Ar,hcr",
culi<r 1hi1 mon1h Li~< ,he P,l~r,ms. Ptr
,hin~ ,old,trs tndurtd ,ht cold ,nd mn.
mud. Ion~ hours and nduous mks our ,ol
d,t rs sho"ed ,hai disciplin, and 1eam,ork
&till a.re u ust nti.111 10 sur,inl u they , err
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Our,ng Carbon Arch. ,he Command
mo,td anon 1h ii" G,rman """ of B
, ..,;,, Badtn ~ umtmbtrg. Htsstn, Sa., r
land and Rhtinland Pfalz, accomplish1n~
m.1n, diificult minions including a uctic.al
, n ,; .:ronin~ oi 1hr Rh1nt. Ptnh,n~ 1oldirn
'. pro,cd on..:,: 11un that thC'~' rould mow:.
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Reenlistm.ent
a peace
1 <nsu red and .:onmnd, ~uudcJ b) J'>cr1hini
,old,tr, of 1h11 Commnd.
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Ro~or K. Bean
BG. L"SA
Command in~
Sgt Wlllllffl Perrigo, left, I Perehlng II mlHIII Cl'eWlnllTlblr, 2nd Plltoon, Delta
Blttery, 4th B1ttallon, 9th Fillet Artillery, ln1truct1 Pfc. Vincent Nlclo1ky, 1
Perehlng II 111ctronlc1 metlflll lf)eeilllet In lhl 11me plltoon, on 1111 pn,per
UM of I light Antf.Utnlt Wnpon (LAW). Thi common Utlb trelnlng wae held
lnlkll tents during one of C.rtlon Archer' dlmper dlys. (Photo by Su11n
Bt.daberry>.
Pershing
Cable
Commender
Brig. Gen. Roger K. Bean
Public Affairs Officer
Maj, Ge<1rd J . Han
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Pv2 Jfflff Vlnyrd (left) nd SSgt. Trrnce Rlch.,dson, two er-members of 3rd
Pi.toon, Delta Bllttry, 4-9, rplaca the radar section covr of their missile In preparation to roll out.
Cpl. Richard Noe (right) and Pie. David Cook, ol Delta Bttery. 4- 1. preper~
their GIEU (Ground Integrated Electronic Unit) lor countdown.
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Moment, altar heerlng th kluton, th... Delt B1ttary, 'th Battalion, 9th Field Ar
tlllery. soldiers ,warm on tt..lr mlaslle and ruah to ready It tor i.unchl"9, Realistic
training In the field la I m1jor contributer to the Comm1nd'1 combat raedlnaH.
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Mamben of I Delta B1ttary. 4-1. mlHlle craw run through the final checu of their
mlHlle before 1lmulated tunch.
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Tl'lllnlng
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Rolling
on the
Rhine
"" I think the>< guys ha,c done this before!" These words
we-rC' h('ird SC'\'Cral times amontt the observers of the recent
Comm;md Rhtr CrossinG, exercise. T he~ tr<" ~atchin~
'fh" R1, c:r Cn,~)11'1~ ,,...u hdd v n O ctObLr 1.., a!. pan of
Th .. ~nJ .and 3rd Comp1nic') oi the: S)Oth 5ch"imm~n..,i., Batt.1liC1n pr<', idcd their rahs. p,r,onncl. and
rel.'.hni( .11 .:.-..:p~rti~e in .support oi th1. Cumnund.
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T he personnel from the 850th Schwimmbrukc Bmalion, which operated , II of the nits and controlled loading
and unlo, ding op<mions, definitely kno.. "'h" they are
doing. The bat,.lion is mponsibl< for all fixed bridgin11
,nd rafting sites , Jong the Rhine from Main, 10 Frankfurt,
,1; d isunce of approximarely 190 kilometers. The unit or as
orgnized in 1950 " the 69&Cth German Labor S<rvice
Group, ,nd was conven ed tCI a Bundes..<hr (Germ,n
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...Ot,ee they l1ndtd on the wut bt nk of the Rhine, the convoy lormtd up ind hit the rotd ag1ln,
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Army) Bau.alion in 196S. Many of th e former labo r lCr\'ic.:pt:"rsonne! art- still nurin~ m .a.nd~to ~ rct!rc.'mc."nt . A r, 0':lc.' o f
tht- labor ser... icc pt-rson nel tttirt s , he 1s rcpl1ced 1''1th .a
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