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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

10

intimi

date

people and endanger careers.• Bu t on

the oth