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Inactivation ceremony! Command Sgt. Maj. Lucio Lcpes CSM. 2nd Bn.. 9th FA cases the baMalion colors during 29 s
inactivation ceremony while LI. Col. Thomas Bowden. the battalion commander. steadies the guidon. Look1r,9 on 1s S1aft
Sgt. Steven Neal. the battalion's last NCO of the Year.
soldiers here and also those who. as I spea k. sian.J
Highlighting the 2-9th FA's role in pro"iding a
guard on the frontiers of freodom in South"P'
,iable deterrence to war and 10 defend NATO and
Asia."
the alliance, Lt. Col. Bnuden ,hanked the soldier< oi
Se\'eral hundred guem mended the fare"ell .:ere
Task Force 2- 9. "You are the true heros of this en
mo"' includins Or. Dieter Schulte. mernber oi the
dea"or - for it is through )'Our hard " 'Ork, \'Our d cdiBundestag. Oberbiirg.ermeister Dr. ~ ,,11,;.rn~ S,hucation, your perseverance a.nd iour "illin~ness to
ster, Lord :-.h\'Or of S,habisch Gmilnd. \!J:. Ger,.
stand firm against those uho uould deny us the ,err
Richard B. Griffim. Deputy Ch ief of StAii fN Or
freedoms we are S"'Orn 10 protect and defend.
erations, AFCENT. Mai. Gen. John C. Hcldmb.
In thanking the soldiers, families and local commu
Deputy Chief of Staff for Opemions. L.SAREL'R.
nity leaders of Sch,,.abisch Gmiind and Mudangen.
Mai. Gen. Frank Schild. Commander. \'\ 'B K \' . ,11.J
Lt. Col. Bouden said in closing, "Let us pra\' for
Burgermeister Peter Seyfried. :-,.t,\'or oi \l u,!Jn~en .
peace and in that pr)'er let u, remember ,hese iine
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This was evident Februar) 7 at the Mutlangen Mi1sile Storage Area when 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, a Pershing battalion, encased its colors in n in
activation ceremonr.
The ceremony served as a sign to the people of
Germany as well as the "'orld that the soldiers of 2nd
Bn., 9th FA had accomplished its mission.
... Our mission was simple," said Lt. Col. Thomas Bowden, the battalion commander. 2nd Bn., 9th
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HHB. 56th FA
CMO and 38th S,g
Bn. players ban1e
under the boards
during a company
level
basketball
game.
February t 991
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Rolling out! Tl'le last of 29's erector launchers roll out of Mutlangen Missile Storage Area.
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Media blitz! Pershing had i1s time 1n 1he hme1tgh1 during Media Day in 1988 Media Day allowed press from
a:i. nd ine world to 9e1 a gumpse of lhe famed PII.
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SPHch. speech! LI Col. ThOmas Bowden g,ves a farewell address during his battalion's inactivation
ceremony wh,1e MaJ. Gen. Roger K. Bean (right). 561h FA CMD. and LI. Gen. John M. D. Shalikashv,li,
Deouty Commanoer-,nCh,ef. USAAEUR. stand by.
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