Army in Germany from to If you have any stories or thoughts on the subject, please contact me. Newspaper articles Related Links. The final modifications were made at the Frankfurt Equipment Maintenance Center and provided the capability to engage the enemy from three different locations simultaneously. In my case, I was a radio operator, then a switchboard operator, 05B Here's a pic of the site and Emery Army Airfield runway. The UHF stuff is on the tower on the left.
There are two radomes in the middle, one is deflated. The HF radio gear and mast poles are on the right. At one time the wood poles on the right, above the trucks, held camouflage netting.
I remember that most of the site was mobile on trucks when I was there. I have looked with both Wikimapia uses Google maps and maps. I was there from I went through three captains during my tour. Robert H. Myers being the best. He was a West Point graduate. Farmer The Genie was the First Sergeant. The Unit won the best firing battery in Europe award.
After live fire in Crete the unit was treated to a trip to Amsterdam. Captain Myers left shortly afterwards. On occasion I would be the senior NCO on site when the unit was down for maintenance. The large building with the red roof was the mess hall and the three to the right were the orderly room center and barracks.
This is a large mission because of the travel distance to many of the remote air defense sites. To perform their job more efficiently the DSMB is broken down into sections.
