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Vershina Cable

Vol.11 No. 6th Field Ar lery Brigade

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April 198:t

ershing

otebook

Election

time nears

Primuy elections to select candidatet who wilt

appear

on

the

Nov.

2.

1982,

general election

bellot

will be held in

May

for

the:

states

of Teus,

Indiana.

North

Caroli1111, Ncbr.ub, Orcp,

l'etlMylvania,

Arbnsu, Idaho and Kentucky. Mii.siaippi,

New

Muico

, South Dakou, West

Vir&inui,

California,

Iowa,

Maine, Montana.

New

Jersey, North Dakota,

Ohi

o,

South

Caroli1111

and Virginia wilt bold tbeir

primal')' elections in June.

Absentee voten eli1ible to vote in their home

state primary must complete a federal post card

application and

mail

it

IOI

later thin 30 days before

the election.

Contact your unit votin1 assistance officer or

counselor

for IIIOR

information.

Lei s g tphysicals

All aoctive

duty personnel more than

40

ycan

of

age

are now

required to be medically screened

for

panicipation

in

physical fitness training programs.

Personnel

who

are already

40

or over may maintain

their current

level of

exercise activities until under

goin&

medical screening and, if cleared, can ad

vance

to

higher level ofactivities.

Whe,n M>ldien reach

40

they must undergo the

eiamination even

if involved

in a trainina pro1ram.

A complete medical

eu m

ination,

to

include a cardi

ovascular screening, will be aiven every two years

after reaching aae

40.

Friendship

w ik

This year's German-American friendship week

schedule

kicks

off with energetic entertainment

pro-

•ided by the brigade's square dancin& roupe, "The

Pershing Prominaders.'' and island music provided

by the band "Sounds

of

the Tropics," April

5 at

11

:00 a .m. at the Johannisplatz in Schwaebisch

Gmuen.d.

Ans and crafts will be displayed at the Prcdiger

reaturimg

talents

of

the brigade's soldien and their

ram

i

ly

members. April 26-28.

A partnership competition is scheduled

to

be

held

on

Tuesday with the 303rd Panzer Grenadier Bat

talion featuring soccer and volleyball on the ar

ternoon of April

27

at Hardt Kasetne. Arter t

he

compelition. a German-American concert is sched

uled to be held at the Prediger with the 84th US

Army Ba

nd

and the Scwaebisch Gmuend City Jun

ior Band, 7:30

p.m.

T

he

followin&

night providessports entertainment

with a G-A competition in basketball,

volleyball

and

a "Super Stan competition plus demonstrations

of

talent by

loc

al gymnam and a dance club, Apr

il

28

at 7:30 p.

m.

at the Sportshalle on

Ka

tharinens

trassc.

Film

ni&ht.

reaturing U.S. and German films,

is

scheduled to be held April

29 11

7:00 p.

m.

in the

Bismarck Kaseme recreation center.

Ehingen march

The

lint

International Ame rican-German Endur

ance March and Military Patrol is scheduled

to

begin June 4

at

Ehingen near Neu Ulm.

Events will include a 40-kilometer march, a 25-

kilomcter march, a hand arenade and ball throw,

and a small arms marksmanship competition. Other

tasks

. .ill

test skills in r.rst aid, map and compass

reading, aircraft and vehicle recognition, identifica

tion

oi

local fauna and the breakdown of the Ger

man G-3 rine.

The three-day event

is O()Cn

to French,

Swiss,

Austrian. Canadian and U.S. forces, as

well

as

German soldiers and reservists. Soldiers'

family

members may also participate. The 1st Battalion,

81st Field Artillery will sponsor the competition

in

conjunction

with

the German Reservist Organiza

tion through the Reservist Comrade Group

of

Ehingcn/Donau .

Registration ends May 10. For entry information

call Neu

Ulm

military 2733-6150 or write to Amer

ican-German Pannership EHINGEN. Weitz

mann.strasse

10,

7930 EHINGEN/DONAU.

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WinfreJ)

New unit

supports

brigade

lty

R.

SteplftWblfny

l>urina the recent brigade exercise "Carbon

Exprcu,"

tbe

:S6th

Field Artillery Bde. Sol ill

lint

clOle

loot at ill

newly-formed SStbMaintcnaDCC Battalion.

The

battalion 1ent live

ol

ill unill

to

tbc field in sup

port

ol

the brigade's firina batterica.

Tbc

battalion's mis

lion -

to mate

on-the-spot

repain or

virtually

au

equip

ment that

the firina bt.tterie&

miabt

111e

in

completing

thei r missions.

For

some. the cold wcether and field conditions were

a

bit

troubleaome,

but

for

soldien

like

Sp4

Stanley

Wal'ker. an electronics repairer

of

Co.

A, there were

positive notes.

Tbis

is the type of trainina that'll keep

• and

the equipment

prepared

for just

about

any

thing," be said.

\V1lker'1 team-member, SpS

He

nry C. Mesde pointed

Ollt, Min the rield

011r

aec:tlonworb

on

a team concept in

making

repain

and that's not eaay, because we alto bavc

other

support requiremcn111ucb

u

auard

duty.

It

' s got

ill

bad points, but we're doing wbat

we

set

Olli

to

do, and

that

1

to

support the firing batteries."

Though ilie missile repair

bmineu

wu slow for Co.

8

the Communicati0111-Electronic Section found staying

buay

mucb easier. Section

Leader SS11.

Monroe O'Cior

.....,,. White spoke

of

the many middle

of

tbe night con

tact

calls bis sectioa received and said

that

daytime

duty

WU

l l l l

U busy.

Asked

of

bis secton's role in the battalion's mission

he

responded,

The

Army's

job

is

to

shoot, move and com

municate. and we repair what

aoes

wrong - yes. we're

im nant."

fut

the key

to

the importanc:c

or

the:

exercise

for

the

new bt.ttalion might be found in an observationmade by

SSgt. Christine 8. Gronau of"Al pha" Company.

The

exercise

bu been

a aood one

in temw of

prepar

ing ror

Ollr

Tao-Eval (tactical evaluation)," abe said.

It

1bould

ive

the

troopl

a

&ood

idea

of ust

bow much more

wort

bu

o

be done before the

real

thing

comes

along."

Aviation

infantrymen

team

up

-

•

•

ON THE IIOVI - lnfMtrymmn

of

1119 nd 9n.,

4111 Inf., weit

to 119 plc d up b

Ulf.1H

t en

of Co. E, 55ltl

Malnt. Bn.

(Photo i ,, ar.g

Allllft)

lnoorporatina increased

air

mobilit~ into the brigade's

winter field exerciseMCarbon Express. · Co.

E

55th Main

te1111nc:c Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry,

teamed up

rcicently

to expand Pcnhina capabilities in the

ric:1d.

We

worked with

the:

2/4th for several day and night

inserts, addin& a broader dimemion

to our

mission," said

Maj. Ruperto Manincz. Co. E

c:ommandcr

.

Providlna

air

support for the infantry u

well

as the rest

ol the bripde

kept the pilots, crew chiefs and suppon

personnel virtually "bopping"

durin&

the 12-day field

problem.

Aircrart

llavc

to be serviced at normal 25-hour intervals.

With more than 250 boun

of

nyins timeracked upby just

the UH-ls durins the exerci1e, the crew chiefs. who were

required to

pull

normal maintenance procedures in the

field,

were kept busy.

Wbc:n

IOI directly supporting other brigade elements,

airfield personnel set up thei r

own

positions, provided their

own

t«urity and underwent

ric:Jd

training.

When the 214th MWarrion" weren't training in

c:on

junction with

Co E

they

we

re practicing a new concept

in

providing the brigade wnh a "defense-in-depth" perimeter

dcre111C.

We

believe that

we

can best ddend Pcnhing by

find

ing, fixing and fighting the enemy before

ltc

can

8"1

within

range: of

the lirinf position itself," said Lt. Col. James R.

Carbon, 2{4th In . commander.

'To

do that,

we

orp.nize our operations to

&ive

us early

warning

of

enemy al'P 'oach and the capability to quickly

enaage the enemy with multiple weapons systems and a

variety

ol

forces,"

he

continued.

Pvt. 2 David Crocker of Co. B. 2/4tb lnr.. spent the first

week

or

Carbon

Express

patrolling around a missile pla

toon position, then his outfit shifted to being the battalion's

reserve airmobile

pl

a

toon

. His reaction to the exercise was

enthusiastic.

I really enjoyed the chopper missions," he said ''Best

or

all

was

the field training

pan of

it - all the infantry

stuff. Camounaging up and sleeping in tents is what

I

really like; that' s what I came

in

the Army for."