Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1973 Page: 3 of 40
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rappelling record by plummeting approximately 210
feet from the top of the Houston Astrodome during
Firing tank tables for
training extensively for the
first time the first time the
2nd Bn. 123rd Arm. Ken
tucky National Guard has
spent the past two weeks on
Ft. Hoods tank ranges.
Firing tank tables IV
through VIII the 80-man
National Guard unit is on
their two week annual sum
mer training. The 2nd Bn.
67th Arm. 2nd Armd. Div.
has been giving training
technical support during that
period.
In addition to firing the last
five ranges for the fust
time it is also the first time
that the guardsmen have got
ten any extensive training in
the M60A1 Tank. In the past
"A" Co. 2nd Bn. 123rd Arm.
was the only company that
had any training on the tank
and at present the only com-
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pany in the battalion to have
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have the older M48 model.
Prior to their arrival to Ft.
Hood ranges the unit spent
several weekends firing their
main guns at Ft. Knox's
ranges some 180 miles from
their homes.
Their own 30000 acre
training area near Central
City Kentucky' has the three
small caliber tank tables
plus a small tactical area.
Several guardsmen ex-
pressed the feeling that the
training and the education
that they have received here
beats out all the training and
the education thay they have
received here beats out all
the training that they've had
over the past few years. Staff
Sergeant Art Douglas sum
med it up as "putting into
practice everything that
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we've learned over the last
couple of years into this
year's two weeks of summer
training."
Besides working 18 hours a
day in the heat and with the
lack of water on the ranges a
majority of the men were
complimentary on the sup
port and the better equip
ment that they received from
Ft. Hood units.
Lieutenant Colonel Richard
Cardillo 2nd Bn. 67th Arm.
commander 2nd Armd. Div.
"was surprised to see the
guardsmen taking to their
training in an all out effort
that they accepted what had
to be done and worked hard
at it."
At the close of their two
weeks of training Cardillo
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will have some good results
mainly because of the hard
work."
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Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1973, newspaper, August 10, 1973; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255193/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.