The Pershing Cable (Sep 1983)
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l)ershina
Cable
Vol.
20 No
9
56th Field Artillery Brigade
September 1983
Whirlwind tour
Marsh visits
brigade unit
br Greg Alim soldim, NCOs ,nd officers in • 4
.S-minuie
A "Pursuit o Excellence" wu ,he miin spc«h.
,heme in • speech delivcr.mcs Do1ier, O.pui y
CG
of
IU Corps, Fon Hood , Tex.
After Senate approval, which is virrually
assured, ,he Brig. Gens. (P) mun
wai1
for the
by Greg Allen
They described the incident
as
"no big
1hing", and said "anybody .,.ould have done
,he
s&me
,hing. •
But ihe
•no
big thing" earned SSg,.
Ao10-
nio
Thomu
and
Sp4
Willwn Dukes of Co.
B, 2nd
Bn,
4th Inf. Army Commendation
Medals
for heroism.
They .,ere presented the medals Aug. 26
by Secretary of ihe Army John Marsh , Jr.
during
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SSgt. James H1rmon, NCOIC
of
the
MARS
station et Herdt
KaNme,
Mndl •
MARSgram
statetlde.
The
masaa9 ,
which
are,,,.., Is ·• feeture
offered
by
H1rmon
and
his
unit
to to
ldlara In tha Schwliblach Gmiind
araa,
Monday thro119h Fr iday from
7
1
m. until
5
p.
m. (Photo
by
J.
D. Godwin).
E T uses MARS
y
J. D.
Godwin tion that can
not b<
transmitttd are: inform•
Need
to
get
a message to the States,
but
tion dealing with locations, movtmrnts, acti
don't want 10
s_pend
a l
ot of
money? Want it vity and status of military forces; any classi
10
get home
w1thou1
a Wttk's delay? Chan-
ficd
information; profane,
idccoent
or abusive
ged
your travel plans and need
to
tell the language; discussion of polictics, legislative
folks back home? matters and sex; and calls for the purpose o
Then travel
to
Hardt Kaseme and
Ule
the discussing a private business. Private busi
Military Affiliate Radio System, known
as ncss
includes
Stoc
k transa«ions, real estate
MARS, in building 408.
O~ating
hours are purchases, banks or credit unions,
Monday thru Friday, 7 a.m.
to
S p.
m.
The
30
-word limit might n
ot
seem long
MARS' prim•ry
p_urpost is
to ~rovidc a enough
to
some soldiers.
Bu
·t occording
10
backup commun,canon system wuh,n the PFC Scon Hoagland,
smion
operator, a l
ot
military system. During times
of
natural di- c•n be said
in 30
-words.
su ters,
or wa_r,
it is used
to
relay
~ita_l
milita· • A30-word limit might seem
100
short
10
ry
_iraff,c
whole
normal commun,cauons arc some soldiers," said Hoagland. "But ,he
being restored. me,sagc is sent in telegram form.
If we
ha"e
his
usually operated
br
v~luntccr civilians
10, we
can send up
10
two grams, or
60
who have
tn
amateur radio hccnse. The ope· words , on a conl.inous message. Bu these uc
r~tors are bound by U
S
. government rcg~I•- limited. However, you can
send
out
an
unli-
1ions an~
the lntemauonal
Telccomm~inoc~
- mitcd numb1orld
wars
which found us
on
oppos
in
g sides, Wm Germany and
the United States have forged and exceptionally close
relationship during the
paSt
three decades. The success of
rhc Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the ensuing
NATO pmnmhip have led to a recognition of our
common
democratic
ideals and
joint
interest in
Western
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In addtion, the Federal Republic has sent exhibits and
cultural groups
to
the United States. American organiia·
tions and societies nationwide have organized displays,
cxbibits and performances which
rdect
the German
American heritage. in addrion, both countries have
simultaneously issued a commemorative stamp featuring
th• Concord-
the ship shich carried the first Germans
to
America.
55th unit
undergoes
winds of change
by R. Stephen Winfrey "complete
suppon·
motto. Now with a
year's experience and success
under their
belts, the battalion appears to
be
preparing
for a new set of challenges.
"Change•
as
Roben F. Kennedy once de
scrib~d it, "Ruffles
fea
thers, tends
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intimi
date
people and endanger careers.• Bu t on
the oth