encore
army abCs
nullrinnullan imnullrtant nullienullnullto a room nullll onullhinullnullannullnnull
onullcers, an armnull colonel is interrunulled with an unenullected
question and learns a lesson in dinullomacnullnull
f
rom June 1981 to July 1984, mnull units also had armored
icommanded the 72ndordnance nullrsonnel carriers nullanullcsnull nullr
Battalion, with headquarters locatnull ranulld transnullrt onullthe reaction
ed in Miesau, nullest nullrmannullnull our mission nullrces to the location onullannull
was to nullonullde storanull, maintenance, and securitnullnulleach, and we had
securitnullnullr anullut null nullrcent onullthe nuclear securitnulldonull that nulltrolled
warheads that were allocated nullr units the nullrimeter at ninulltnull
in the nullnullnull armnull nullcornullnull the remaininnull nullen we reached nulleidelnull
warheads were stored at a senullrate site and nullrnullto nullesent the decision
nullarded null Mnullassinulled to the frannullurt nullienullnullto the commander in
communitnullcommandernull chienull, we were met null a room
inthe earlnullnullnulls, terrorist actinullties nullll onullhinullnullannullnnullnullnullnull
continued to escalate throunullout nullest armnull and nullato onullcersnull enullnull
nullrmannull, and senulleral studies were initiated ernullhinnullwas nullinnullwell until
in an enullort to manulle more Mnullnullrsonnel i nullt to mnull third slide on
anullailanulle nullr securitnullonull american militarnull nullical securitnullnull null for nullenullnull
nullrsonnel and nullnullinsnull tallationsnull one studnull itnullnulls sanulle, i had shortened
onullsed closinnulla nuclear snull toranull site near that slide to onlnulltwo wordsnull
frannullurt and relocatinnullthose weanullns to nullanullsnulland nullonullnull as i was talnullnnull
one onull mnull unitsnullanullter studnullnnullthe imnullct anullut the canullnulllities onullthe anulls, i was
onullthe nullonullsal, it was decided the 72nd interrunulled null the commander in chienull
ordnance Battalion could accenull the innull nullcolonel nullith, inullnull nullen in this armnull nullr
crease to our missionnull more than null nullears,nullhe saidnullnull nullow what
aconsolidated nullienullnullwas nullenullred anulls are, nullt what are nullnullnull
and started its monullement unullthe chain i waited a nullw seconds and then renull
onullcommand to the commander in chienull nullied, nullell, sir, those are donullnullnull
onullnullnullnull armnulleuronullnull Mnull nullrtion onullthe there was a silence, nullllowed null a
nullienullnullcontained onlnullthree chartsnull the chucnulle nullom the commander in chienull, and
nullst addressed where we would store adnull then a loud round onulllaunullter nullom the rest
ditional weanullns within our currentlnull onullthe roomnull ilaunulled, too nullnullt that ended
anullailanulle nullnnullers, the second conullered how on mnull ride nullcnullto Miesau, nullcause mnull nullss
our current maintenance nullrce would acnull snullnt the trinullmanullnnullsure iunderstood the
comnullish the increased wornulload, and the dannullrs onullusinnullunenulllained acronnullsnull MO
third conullered the imnullonullements in nullnullinull
cal securitnullat mnull storanull sitesnullBesides the
— freddie Smitnull is a former Army colonel. He
normal dounulle chainnullinnullnullnces, electronic
lives in Harvest, Ala. For submission informa-
securitnullsensors, and Mnullin nullard towers, tion, see page 18.
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