2nd Annual U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Conference, Aug. 23-26, Huntsville, Ala. TheThe EagleEagle Volume 5, Number 7 Published in the interest of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command July 1999 Laser demo achieves first light

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In late June, the Tactical High Energy Laser, or THEL’s, advanced concept technology demonstration laser subsystem achieved Photo by LuAnne Fantasia “first light” at the TRW Capistrano Test Facility in California. Somewhere out on the edge of Texas and beyond, members of the TRW conducted a test to demonstrate the end-to- SMDC Battle Lab, Missile Defense and Technology Center, JLENS, Army Space end capability of the laser subsystem and demon- Command and 1st Satellite Control Battlion provided wide space and Theater Missile strate the laser optical control of extracting a high- Defense support during Roving Sands ‘99. Support ranged from systems currently energy laser beam. Subsequent laser subsystem fielded and ready to support current operations, to new concepts designed to support tests are planned before the laser subsystem is future warfighters. See inside pages 5-8 for a special section on the command’s transported to White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for participation at Roving Sands ‘99. integration later this summer. The THEL demonstration was initiated after the White House announced in April 1996, that the United States and Israel would undertake a joint Army Family Action Plan effort to evaluate the effectiveness of a THEL to negate the threat posed by Katyusha rockets to populated areas in northern Israel. SMDC delegates represent families at Dr. Paul Kaminski, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and Maj. Gen. Ilan Biran, director general of the Israeli Army Materiel Command’s conference Ministry of Defense, signed a memorandum, formalizing the agreement, in July 1996. The Story & photos by LuAnne Fantasia Kathy Nelson said that participating in the Materiel agreement provides for development and functional Huntsville, Ala. Command’s conference gave her, Flohr and Flowers testing of a THEL demonstrator, consisting of a excellent resources to bring back toSMDC. “This pro- laser; pointer-tracker; and C3I, or command, control, You hear it all the time. The Army is family. It’s true. gram truly does have the national level’s interest. Ev- communications, and intelligence subsystems. A recent model of that kinship was when a civilian eryone is positive about the program and proactive.” The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense employee and two spouses from this command were Nelson is the wife of Lt. Col. Ron Nelson, commander Command is the executive agent of the joint THEL invited to participate as delegates for the Army Mate- at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White demonstration program for the Department of riel Command’s Army Family Action Plan conference. Sands Missile Range, N.M. Defense. The Israeli Ministry of Defense has also When soldiers, family members and civilian employ- “It was obvious that the leaders are supportive of designated a program office to oversee the joint ees throughout one of the Army’s largest major com- finding a solution of all issues,” she added. “We all go development effort. TRW, Inc. was selected as the mands gathered to resolve identified problems and con- back to our communities and need to impress that some- primary civilian contractor to design, build, and cerns, Kathy Nelson, Gloria Flowers and Sue Flohr sat thing can and will be done, sooner or later.” integrate the THEL demonstrator. at the table and participated as delegates. New benefits and privileges for civilian employees Using mature beam generation and beam pointing “The Army family includes a lot of people, and this don’t just happen, according to Gloria Flowers, the technologies to develop a THEL demonstrator, the program unites the entire family,” Sue Flohr said. Flohr AFAP coordinator for Huntsville, who also attended program developers have driven an advanced is the wife of SMDC’s deputy commanding general, the Army Materiel Command’s conference as a delegate. concept technology demonstration, or ACTD, Brig. Gen. Steven Flohr. The AFAP is a 16-year-old, “Many civilian employees are unaware that they program weapon system development from start to Armywide program, that affords soldiers, family mem- benefit from the Army Family Action Plan, too,” Flow- hardware completion and achieving laser first light in bers and civilian employees the opportunity and a road ers said. She said the civilian leave transfer is a direct three years. map to effect significant changes. result of an issue presented through the program in the Under the current schedule the laser and pointer- “I’m excited about the power of this program,” she past. She added that the question “why can’t military tracker subsystems will be transported to White said. “I hope we can teach people in our command that service members do the same?” is one currently being Sands Missile Range, N.M., to be integrated with with this program, issues are resolved. They can be worked in the Army Materiel Command’s AFAP chan- the C3I subsystem later this summer. This ACTD resolved through local AFAP coordinators across the nels. has demonstrated the ability to cut through the command, or they can be resolved at command or Army Flowers said that although 98 percent of issues pre- traditional weapon developmental processes to levels. But, they will be resolved.” sented through the program are resolved at the instal- provide a limited operational capability to the user in Flohr explained that currently there are [Armywide] lation or major command level, all issues get the ear of a very short period of time. AFAP issues being presented to Congress. “There are decision-makers. issues with broad impact. There are some that are iso- (Press release from the Office of Secretary of lated and unique to the installation or command, and Defense.) there are many that we all have in common,” she said. (See AFAP, page 9)

July 1999 1 CommandingCommanding General’s General’s Comments Column

Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, society which generally only and Missile Defense have contributed or JLENS, system for the first time respects “bottom-line” results. much to each success. For example, most transmitted information into the Joint Direct-hit kills are as bottom line as of the basic technology for PAC-3 and Tactical Information Distribution you can get. THAAD was developed at SMDC, and System, pulling data from surrogate • More importantly, for the first time the JLENS technology is managed by a radars into a prototype processor. It also the two intercepts enabled joint program office assigned to the com- operated for only the second time with developers to closely observe the mand. In addition, highly skilled SMDC a prototype processing station, a key “end game.” This is where the (matrix) personnel work in the PEO-AMD enabler in performing interoperability seeker acquires the target and after to support the accelerated advanced de- functions. Previously, the program took a series of incredibly difficult velopment of PAC-3 and THAAD. Fi- an important step on the road to funding technological steps, moves in for the nally, SMDC develops the HERA targets stability when the Pentagon designated kill. Analyzing end-game data is the used in the PAC-3 and THAAD tests. it as an Army Category II acquisition most critical factor in improving As much as we feel good about these program. these interceptors. recent successes, we know there is much I don’t think I can overstate how im- • Most importantly, having these work to be done. There are more PAC-3 portant these successes are to actually concrete successes provides a and THAAD intercept tests scheduled fielding effective missile defenses. Here tremendous morale boost to the this summer, and JLENS will be attempt- are several reasons why: soldiers who man the Patriot and ing a Forward Pass next spring. In that Lt. Gen. John Costello • Much criticized hit-to-kill THAAD batteries. They have been experiment, it will attempt for the first time technology has now been waiting for too long to get the to use its radar to “guide” an air-directed It’s a great time to be in the missile validated, despite the incredible weapons that will allow them to do surface-to-air missile to its target. Also, defense business. In the last several technological challenge of “hitting what they have spent many years the National Missile Defense Ground months, we’ve witnessed several major a bullet with a bullet” in scenarios training to do, that is defend their Based Interceptor will attempt its first successes in theater missile defense, or where the bullets are missile fellow warfighters and citizens intercept in the fall. This will be followed TMD. warheads hurtling towards each against missile attack. by several more attempts before a presi- • On March 15, during a seeker other at a combined speed of about Finally, JLENS achievements are the dential deployment decision next sum- characterization test, PAC-3, the Army’s 4,000 meters a second. first tangible advances in cruise mer. • lower-tier TMD system, intercepted a Having successes in both the missile defense beyond the Obviously, we have many challenges Hera target. Then, on June 10, its upper- upper- and lower-tier program “viewgraph” stage of development. ahead of us. But now we also have some tier counterpart, THAAD, completely strengthens the case for the DoD’s We in SMDC can feel an extra mea- real successes to motivate us to even destroyed another Hera target. Later that multi-tiered concept. sure of pride in these accomplishments greater achievements on the road to the • month, during the world’s largest air and Psychologically to everyone in the because the command, together with the ultimate goal – fielding effective missile missile defense exercise—Roving Sands program, actual intercepts are Ballistic Missile Defense Organization defenses as soon as possible. Our sol- ‘99—our Joint Land Attack Cruise important because we live in a and the Program Executive Office for Air diers and fellow citizens deserve no less. High-level leaders take helm as U.S. Army, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization chiefs he Army’s 34th chief of staff said, “We are no During the ceremonies, Shinseki recognized Gener- In mid-June, Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish longer the Total Army; no longer the One als John Pershing and Creighton Abrams as two who took over as director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Army. We are The Army.” rebuilt the Army and promised to continue that pro- Organization. T cess. “We will build ontheir legacy,” Shinseki said, “by Gen. Eric Shinseki was welcomed to his new job June Before this new assign 22 in Washington. providing the leadership that keeps this Army pre-emi- ment at the Pentagon, Shinseki had served as the nent in land warfare. We will aspire to be the most es- Kadish was commander Army’s vice chief of staff since teemed institution in the nation, the most respected of the electronic systems November 1998. Prior to that, army in the world, the most feared ground combat force center of the Air Force he was commanding general, to those whose actions would threaten the interests of Materiel Command, U.S. Army-Europe and Sev- the United States. Hanscom Air Force enth Army, Germany; concur “We know we have a non-negotiable contract with Base, Mass. He was re- rently commanding NATO sol- the American people to provide a trained and ready sponsible for command diers as the commander, Allied Army on demand,” he said. and control systems; a Land Forces Central Europe. Shinseki succeeds Gen. Dennis Reimer, who served Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish three billion dollar an- “Gen. Shinseki is the chief who as Army chief of staff since June 1995. nual program. will lead the Army into the 21st He complemented Reimer’s successful measures to Kadish is a senior pilot with more than 2,500 flight Gen. Eric Shinseki century ” said Louis integrate the Reserve and National Guard components hours. Caldera, secretary of the Army and host of the change of of the Army. “Today I declare that we are The Army. He entered the Air Force in 1970 after graduating command ceremonies, “Whatever the new century may Totally integrated with a unity of purpose. No longer from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at bring, every day our soldiers are contributing to keeping the Total Army. No longer the One Army. We are The St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. America strong.” Army,” Shinseki said. He suceeds Lt. Gen. Lester Lyles, who has been Shinseki, 56, was born in Lihue on the island of Kauai, Caldera noted Reimer’s various commands, includ- nominated by the President for appointment to the Hawaii. He graduated from the United States Military ing Forces Command, but said if asked what his most grade of general with assignment as vice chief of Academy at West Point in 1965, with a Bachelor of Sci- satisfying command has been, Reimer would answer staff for the Air Force. ence Degree in Engineering. He also holds a Master of that it was as a basic training company commander. Arts Degree in English Literature from Duke University. “It is an answer that speaks profoundly about how (Compiled from reports by Sgt. 1st Class Connie His military education includes the United States Army deeply [Reimer] cares about soldiers and the role he Dickey, Spc. Bradley Rhen, Pvt. Jody Fahrig, and Command and General Staff College, and the National War expects our young leaders to play,” Caldera said. the Army News and Defense Press Services.) College. “Gen. Shinseki is a leader of rock-solid integrity,” “... We know we have a non-negotiable con- Caldera added. He said the new chief of staff “knows tract with the American people to provide what trained and ready look like from a muddy boots per- spective.” a trained and ready Army on demand ...” -- Gen. Eric Shinseki

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Photo and story by Marco Morales person, Greenwood spoke about some Huntsville, Ala. of his other duties. “I interface with the Caretaker’s job not Air Force at the PARCS site, which is n windy days, if one listens leased from SMDC,” he said. “And I closely, soft whispers of attend environmental protection Native American Sioux meetings and their facility meetings to Olanguages can be heard chanting ‘run-of-the-mill’ make sure that we know what kinds of ceremonial bear hunt or sun dance wood, a civil service veteran of 28 wood said. The Sprint was a short- things they’re doing on our verses over the grassy landscape of years and a native of North Dakota, range missile designed to destroy property not so much to tell them Nekoma, a small town 100 miles assures the SRMSC stays “open” incoming enemy ballistic missiles in what they can or can’t do, but to be northwest of Grand Forks, N.D. even in its current state. their final approach phase. The aware.” What used to be home for the Great Standing next to the MSR’s 77- Spartan, a long-range interceptor, was Greenwood says there are also Plains Dakota Indians now serves as foot-high radar structure, made up of designed to destroy an incoming historical considerations associated farmland and as a standby for a four to five feet of nuclear-hardened ballistic missile in the exoatmosphere. with modifying buildings at the proposed National Missile Defense concrete, Greenwood talked about his So what does Greenwood do on a SRMSC, which includes four Remote site which—in the mid-70s—was duties. regular day at the SRMSC? “I don’t Sprint Launch sites, or RSLs. operational as an Anti-Ballistic Missile “I like the variety of people I meet. have an average day. Since I’ve been “Some of these buildings out here defense site known as the Stanley R. I travel a lot, but usually not for long out here, I’ve done design work for are considered historical so we’re Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, or periods,” he said. “I’ve done historical projects. careful about what we tear down,” he SRMSC. coordination, contract technical “I could be escorting people from said. “One small building, a fuel-oil The site construction was autho- monitoring, I’ve interfaced with the the press or state and federal level building inside the tactical area that rized by Congress in 1969 and began contracting office, worked with environmentalists one day, or interfac- we’ve been looking at taking down, in 1970. When the U.S. and the former budgets—just a great mix of different ing with other people or agencies that had to be coordinated through the Soviet Union signed the ABM Treaty jobs,” he added. want to know things about the SRMSC state historical preservation office in May 1972, it let both countries Reflecting on the former capabili- on other days,” he said. And the job before we could do anything.” deploy defensive systems at two ties of the SRMSC, Greenwood offered keeps him busier than most people As an engineer, he says it’s separate locations. A 1974 protocol some background on the missile silos would think. frustrating to see empty buildings not between the signatories limited each to at the 442-acre MSR site. Greenwood, who earned a being used. one ABM site and 100 ABM launch- “There were 100 missiles associ- bachelor’s degree in mechanical “It’s kind of sad when you look ers. Construction of the SRMSC was ated with this place; 30 Spartans and engineering from the University of around at these buildings because, finished in 1974 and the complex 70 Sprints,” Greenwood said. “These North Dakota at Grand Forks, enjoys structurally, they’re very sound and became operational October 1975, lids are for the Sprint missile which his profession. well-built. And we’ve made efforts to remaining operational until Feb. 10, can travel unbelievably fast. The lids “I’m enjoying this job a lot. Some- find organizations who can use the 1976, when it was closed by Congress. are made out of high density times there are lots of things going on buildings, but most everyone who has The SRMSC, the only operational styrofoam,” he said. around here particularly during winter looked at the buildings wants a long- ABM facility ever completed in the Pointing at one silo, he described when everybody likes to stay away. term lease agreement,” Greenwood U.S., is now in “caretaker” status and how the Spartan missile system would Things slow down a bit and there are said. “The best that we can offer them the U.S. Army Space and Missile have worked. The missiles and their no construction projects because of is a short-term agreement because if Defense Command is responsible for warheads have long since been the weather. This is the time that I go NMD says they want it, they’ll get a its upkeep and future use. Amidst the removed. “An explosive gas charge to other SMDC elements. I went to short notice telling them to leave.” principal part of the six-site complex, inside the silo blows the lid off as the Wake Island to fill in for the site And what stands in the near future the MSR, or Missile Site Radar, a missile is being launched. The lids for manager. I went to Colorado Springs for the SRMSC and Nekoma? stretch of empty, military style the Spartan missile come in pairs. One and did an inspection at the Army “If they deploy something out here buildings, dot the fenced-in facility in hole houses the missile and the other Space Command,” he said. there could be quite a bit of activity as a location that would typically be is for the missile’s exhaust,” Green- As if that weren’t enough for one a result,” said Greenwood. “This isn’t coined, “out in the middle of no- the only place decision-makers are where.” And taking care of the “... Some of these buildings out here are looking at. In fact, a lot of people think SRMSC is Jerry Greenwood’s respon- the Stanley R. Mickelsen site is only sibility. Greenwood is the SRMSC site considered historical so we’re careful about here at the MSR, but it covers six other manager and a general engineer who what we tear down ...” sites including this [MSR] site, the works for the deputy chief of staff, PARCS site, and the four remote Sprint -- Jerry Greenwood engineer for this command. Green- launch sites.”

July 1999 3 A page for the ARSPACE memory book... It was a ball, man!!

Photos by Ed White and Angela Gatti

Photos by Ed White

To celebrate its 11th birthday, the Army Space Command had a ball last month in Colorado Springs, Colo. 1st SATCON Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Hrynko (center) and his wife Thea, visit with SMDC’s Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Mantia.

Maj. Tom Anderson (standing), and the headquarters company commander, Capt. Wendy Lupo, enjoy the annual ARSPACE birthday ball.

Teru and Bryan Sasaki find their seats during the cocktail hour. Bryan played a key part in planning the ball this year. A lot of work went into the event and a lot of fun came out of it.

The few, the proud, the well fed...ARSPACE’s only Marine, Capt. Scott Mayfield waits for the food at ARSPACE’s annual birthday ball.

Michele Costello (left) talks with Sgt. Cassandra Shigley, who sang The Star Spangled Banner during the opening ceremonies at the birthday ball. This year’s celebration was marked by the absence of the V Corps Army Space Sgt. 1st Class and Mrs. Dennis O’Rourke take a Team, which is in breather between ceremonies. O’Rourke was the Albania supporting NCOIC for the color guard and was responsible for operations there and the coordination of the various ARSPACE elements in Kosovo. which came together to put on the ball.

4 The Eagle Photos and story by LuAnne Fantasia Yesterday we Huntsville, Ala. saw more than 700 events from 12 different types of weapon Who? An estimated 20,000 soldiers, systems.” sailors, airmen, Marines, Department of Force Warning Experiment— Defense civilians and contractors. Pager alert warning software and What? Annual multinational theater pagers (tower based and space-based air and missile defense exercise with iridium); the right information to the virtual and live players. right location at the right time instead When and where? June 15-27 at of alerting the entire theater. training ranges and sites throughout One of the Battle Lab’s goals for Texas and New Mexico, with other Roving Sands ’99 was to conduct players in Virginia, Florida, Arizona, actual field experiments with the new Colorado and California. satellite-based, worldwide Iridium Why? To reflect a wide range of pagers. capabilities needed in various geo- “We also want to provide the 32nd graphical areas; to enhance command- AAMDC with leave-behind Iridium ers’ ability to plan and experience joint Command plays paging capability following our Force and combined tactical air operations, Warning experiment during Roving and theater missile defense operations Sands,” said Larry Burger, director of under real world conditions. “In long and hard in the command’s Space and Missile theater” replication through simulation Defense Battle Lab. even more important this year due to The space-based paging system loss of large, live capability to Kosovo. desert exercise Burger refers to is an evolving early SMDC’s role? Establish space as warning concept that distributes an integral role to the warfighter and to Engagement Ground Effects Model— Sands ’99. warnings directly to the lowest levels use the output for future application. models contamination and distribution “The BOA senses battlefield of affected units within 35-40 seconds. patterns of a nuclear, biological, flashes, everything from artillery firing “It’s easy for the joint task force TSIU—the threads that tied chemical, or NBC, incident. It provides to impact on the ground,” Callan said. command and staff to get immediate, everyone with the NBC picture. “The BOA simulation for Roving critical information, but who gets the For Roving Sands ’99, the TSIU, or “It can be a simulated model or a Sands—based in Extended Air Defense word tothe private in the slee;ing tent Tactical Simulation Interface Unit, was predictive tool,” Rycroft said. “At the Simulation, or EADSIM—characterizes to get his gas mask on now?” said a major player providing support to the TOC workstation, it is a predictive tool. those flashes and determines their Staff Sgt. Larceno Pearson. 32nd AAMDC, or Army Air and Missile If PEGEM suspects an incoming sources, sends that data to the TSIU, He is NCOIC of the Force Warning Defense Command at Fort Bliss, Texas. warhead is an NBC one, or if sensors which passes it on to the tactical Experiment in the Battle Lab at th The 32nd is the warfighting host for the are hit by contamination, PEGEM operation centers of the 40 Infantry Colorado Springs, Colo. exercise. sends downwind distribution predic- Division and the 32nd Army Air and Bridging the gap between simula- tions across the simulation network, Missile Defense Command.” tion and the soldier, the TSIU makes which TSIU receives and turns into A contractor for BOA, John Dennis, soldiers experience the same situation tactical information or perceive data said, “We’re seeing a lot more activity as they would in conflict. and sends that to the white cell in this exercise than we expected. (See Exercise, page 6) Through the TSIU, simulation data commanders.” is converted to real world tactical information, according to Tom Rycroft, BOA—Battlefield Ordnance a military operations analyst with Awareness Coleman Research Corporation, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. During This sensor technology collects Roving Sands ’99, Rycroft was an and processes detonations such as exercise integrator for SMDC. intercepts and missile launch events “For simulation support, there has and provides near real-time information to be a clear cut wall between simula- to the commander. It is an initiative of tion and real world,” Rycroft said. the command’s Space Technology “Various sensors in the simulation Directorate, part of the Missile world create output which the TSIU Defense and Space Technology reformats into tactical messages and Center, or MDSTC. sends that real world information back Rycroft explained that whether the out through the tactical communication platform independent BOA sensors are net.” space-based or aircraft mounted, they Rycroft explained the three threads are infrared sensors that stare at a running through the Battle Lab’s TSIU sector of the battlefield. for the exercise. “The blue thread, or “These sensors look at their sector friendly forces, status reporting threat of the battlefield, unlike the defense is critical to the joint task force satellite program, or DSP, which rotates commander as an important piece of his and is never fixed on one sector of the TSIU crew for Roving Sands ‘99: (seated) Byrom Dervis, Coleman Common Operational Picture. The battlefield,” Rycroft said. Research Corporation; (standing, l to r) Dennis Utz, Coleman PEGEM and the BOA are the other two Andrew Callan, a general engineer Research Corporation; Tom Rycroft, SMDC’s RS 99 exercise threads.” with Teledyne Brown Engineering, was integrator; and Tonya Anderson, SMDC Battle Lab. The PEGEM—Battle Lab’s Post- on site in the BOA cell for Roving

July 1999 5 Roving Sa Exercise (Continued from page 5)

“This experiment is all about survivability of the soldier, “ he added. “These pagers are one of many answers to getting information down to the private’s level. If soldiers get the message in time to prepare for the hit, then force warning has done its job.” Bill Coffey--a support contractor who works with Pearson in Colorado Springs--explained the four pillars of theater missile defense; attack operations, active defense, passive defense and battle manage- ment, which includes command, control, communica- tions and intelligence. “Force warning is part of the passive defense, or force protection,” Coffey said. “It’s buttoning down the hatches. It encompasses everything that helps soldiers survive...everything from countering incoming missiles to getting their gas masks on.” Coffey explained how the pager system supports the 32nd AAMDC’s passive defense cell for Roving Sands ‘99. “The satellites detect a hit and send data to the JTAGS, where the alert warning software creates a mailing list to only those forces in the affected area. Pager messages are instantaneously sent to only those addresses, instead of the entire theater, eliminating the the frustrating theater-wide and indiscriminant warning experienced during Operation Desert Storm.” “Roving Sands ‘99 is a test for the timeliness of the space-based pager concept and use of the software,” Pearson said, explaining that previous experiments were tower-based, which depends upon the terrain of the land, such as Kuwait and South Korea. “We left behind about 400 tower-based pagers in Kuwait, and will leave behind 30 of the 40 Iridium satellite-based pagers for lthe 32nd AAMDC after Roving Sands,” Pearson said. Coffey added, “The 32nd already has the force John Peck, Colsa Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Staff Sgt. Forrest Moncrief, a 32nd AA warning software and is trained in its capabilities. pager addresses in the passive defense cell of the tactical operations center during Roving Sands The pagers themselves are just regular, commercial items available off-the-shelf. It’s the software in the tactical operations center that does all the thinking.” Army Maj. Randy Smith is the officer in charge of the passive defense cell for the 32nd AAMDC during Roving Sands “At this end, the automated paging system is working well. The only problems have been things such as commercial lines needing to be upgraded to priority lines, and we had some weather interruptions due to severe thunderstorms. “But this unit has deployed to Kuwait three times during the past year, so these leave-behind pagers and software will be put to good use,” Smith added.

What’s a HUMRAAM???

Take one HUMVEE, mount an advanced medium- range air-to-air missile, or AMRAAM, and you’ve got a HUMRAAM and another Army acronym! For Roving Sands ’99, it used the Battle Lab’s Extended Air Defense Testbed for its model simula- tion, but what does it do? Well, it boldly goes where no man has gone before. “It fills the gap between long- and short-range air- to-air missile defense,” said Monty Offutt, a principal engineer for Boeing-Huntsville. “It helps fill in the medium range, between the Avenger and the Patriot.” Offutt said the Marine Corps introduced the Soldiers of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort concept in one of their programs, and that all Bliss, Texas, hosted more than 20,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, components are off-the-shelf, making assembly of Marines, DoD civilians and contractors during Roving Sands ‘99. The the system cheaper and quicker. 32nd AAMDC was the war fighting host for the exercise. Participants One of the HUMRAAM’s components is from the in RS ‘99 relied heavily on simulation data transmitted to and from Bradley Linebacker (where Stinger missiles are added the exercise nerve center, the tactical operations center, or TOC. to the Bradley.) Offutt said another is from the Avenger program, where Stinger missiles are on a turret. (They are attached to the HUMVEE on a turret system, making it possible to aim them anywhere in Bill Coffey (left), a support co 360 degrees.) with Iridium pagers to a Germ “The third component is the “slew-to-cue pro- Experiment experiment teste gram,” Offutt said, “which is a kit that upgrades prior to the impact of simula existing Avengers, enabling them to be told the the field during RS ‘99 receiv location of a target, aim and slew it!” soldiers and units prior to th

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AMDC soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas, monitor s ‘99.

Welcome to Fort Bliss, Texas Established in 1848, Fort Bliss is one With 1.1 million acres, this post is bigger of the oldest Army posts in the United than the state of Rhode Island and can States. It is the home of the Air Defense accommodate every weapon system in the Artillery Center of Excellence, responsible Army. Excellent ranges and training areas, for air defense artillery training of U.S. coupled with the third longest runway in the soldiers and the soldiers of many allied nation, make Fort Bliss a premier facility for nations. training, mobilization, and deploying combat It is also the home of seven Forces forces. Command warfighting units--the 32 nd Fort Bliss is located in the largest Ameri- Army Air and Missile Defense Command, can city on a U.S. international border, (El 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 31st Paso, Texas) contributing over $1 billion Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the 108th annually to the regional economy. Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 35th Air Over its distinguished history, Fort Bliss Defense Artillery Brigade, the 204th has served as an infantry post, a cavalry post, Military Intelligence Battalion, and the and today serves as the premier Air Defense 978th Military Police Company. Artillery Center of Excellence.

ontractor in Colorado Springs, explains the Force Warning Experiment man Army officer at Roving Sands ‘99. The Force Warning ed the ability to send time-sensitive alert warning messages to pagers ted incoming tactical ballistic missiles during the exercise. Pagers in ve over 600 TBM alert warning messages, 79 per cent of which alerted e impact time. Air Defense Artillery

July 1999 “First to Fire” 7 Roving Sands ‘99

The JLENS prototype processing station correlates multiple data links into a single track. Radar tracks from other aerostats in Deming, N.M. and Marfa, Texas, networked into the JLENS processing station where data contributed to the generation of a single integrated air picture. JLENS: JLENS crew members work under the 71-meter Tracks multiple low altitude Aerostat to adjust the fiber optic tether from the sensor to the processing station. targets to 200 miles

Navy Cdr. Bob Dees (standing), JLENS engineer, views real time weather data inside the processing station with Sgt. 1st Class William Strawhorn, a 263rd AAMDC soldier with the South Carolina National Guard.

Send in the Rhode Island National Guard! With more than 20,000 players in Roving Sands ’99, this country’s smallest state went above and beyond its call to duty by sending three companies to support the annual, multinational exercise. The 169th Military Police Company alone sent over 100 soldiers from Warren, R.I. Three of them are pictured here, at their station outside SMDC’s high security white cell. Courteous and friendly but always professional, these law enforcement soldiers checked bags, computers, badges and rosters continuously during the two-week exercise. Pictured (left to right) is the 169th MP Company’s Spc. Russ Horsman, Spc. Michael Ferreira, and Sgt. Gerald Walsh. Ferreira is a former Marine with four years’ active duty. Walsh is also prior service, with 10 years’ active duty in the Navy.

8 The Eagle 4 4 8 8 Building offers huge, long-term savings by LuAnne Fantasia “This does not include the program executive office Under Redstone’s current money-saving “Opera- Huntsville, Ala. people currently in the building,” Ramey said, explain- tion Small Footprint”, SMDC would reduce Redstone’s ing that the PEO (THAAD, Patriot and the technical excess space by more than 200K square feet, reduc- support directorate) has decided not to move. ing their penalties thereby increasing their base op- It’s all but official, and that’s only a matter of time. He said the command had three options: status quo, erations dollars. But the bottom line is that the command’s Huntsville new construction or renovation of an existing facility. Building 4488 opened 43 years ago as the Army’s element plans to move onto Redstone Arsenal within The plan now is to renovate building 4488 on Martin main facility for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. It the next three years—a move that will save literally Road, the old Acquisition Center. Plans call for the build- is located next to the technical library. millions of long-term dollars. You could say it’s simple ing to be completely gutted, using only the existing “General Costello gave us the go-ahead to take lease-onomics. concrete platform and frame to rebuild. this to the Army to see if they could help us get out of “That just makes sense,” said Lt. Col. John Ramey, “The building will be within current Redstone de- our current high-cost lease,” Ramey said. the command’s deputy chief of staff engineer. “We’re sign guide and codes,” Ramey said, adding that asbes- The Army then asked General Costello to concur spending more than $6.5 million a year now for a lease. tos abatement would be done, and fire protection, with the option of full renovation of an existing facil- Simple economics says that at that rate, we will have plumbing, electrical, and mechanical—heat and air— ity on Redstone, specifically building 4488, to which a new building paid for in less than four years.” systems would all be new. he agreed, Ramey said. Ramey explained that the Army Materiel Demolition and rebuild construction is currently “It’s important to remember three benefits to this,” Command’s downsizing in the past year has left a scheduled to begin during the first quarter of Fiscal Ramey said. “It reduces Redstone’s excess space. It building vacant on Redstone Arsenal that can ac- Year 01, or October to December 2000. Given an 18-24 saves this command $6.5 million dollars in rent a year, commodate all of the command’s some 800 Huntsville month construction time, move-in would be three years and it has a four-year payback. That’s just smart busi- soldiers and employees. from now, but that will be budget-driven, Ramey said. ness.” AFAP (Continued from page 1) “We want people in the command to know the av- enues available to them to get their concerns heard and resolved,” she said. Portia Davidson is this command’s AFAP coordi- nator. She has introduced the program and made it successful in another major Army command and is mak- ing it work here. Her program coordinators—in all of the command’s major elements—are: Don Mathis, ARSPACE; Cris Foster, HELSTF; 1st Sgt. Ozel Robertson, Kwajalein; Gloria Flowers, Huntsville; Master Sgt. Bill Peeler, ASPO; Sgt. 1st Class Bernard Coutour, 1st SATCON Battalion; and Regina Campbell, Arlington. Flowers said that two issues currently being worked through the AFAP are: compensation more support- ive of families when the service member or civilian em- ployee has repeated or extensive temporary duty travel; and re-computation of cost-of-living allowances in many areas. She said attending the conference helped her as an AFAP coordinator have a better understanding of how the program benefits everyone in the Department of Army. “Most of us are second- or third-generation mili- tary or civil service families. What we do now, and the Gloria Flowers (left) and Sue Flohr recently attended the Army Materiel changes we effect now, will most likely affect our chil- Command’s AFAP conference as delegates. (Kathy Nelson, from HELSTF, also dren and grandchildren,” she said. attended, but was unavailable for photo.) All three women said the Army Family “If we don’t care now, we’ll lose our most valuable Action Plan is a powerful and proactive program that does have decision-makers’ assets for Army 2010—people.” attention, and does effect long-term and positive changes for soldiers and civilian employees.

(Left) Regina Campbell, a former Army captain, is (Left) Cris Foster is the AFAP coordinator at HELSTF. 1st Sgt. Ozel the AFAP coordinator for SMDC-Arlington. Portia Robertson is the coordinator on Kwajalein. Davidson (right), is SMDC’s AFAP coordinator.

July 1999 9 26 years, four days and a wake-up!! Joint Targets director retires

“This ORB is the military version of DNA...” said Lt. Gen. John Story and photo by LuAnne Fantasia Costello (left) at Col. George Birdsong’s retirement. Huntsville, Ala.

“This man is the leader of a team that, when there’s With Birdsong’s officer record brief in hand, a good idea isn’t always recognized as such by oth- nothing left of their product, that’s a success,” the Costello said, “This ORB is the military version of ers—that you have to believe in the idea when no one commanding general said of Col. George Birdsong DNA it tells everything Col. Birdsong has done his else does.” during his recent retirement ceremony. assignments, his education and military schools and Birdsong named many people by name, personally “The Targets office is an astoundingly efficient his awards and medals. But it does not tell about his thanking them for how they effected change in his unit. Col. Birdsong’s team enjoyed a great success dedication, his personal integrity, his determination, life, “including a lot of Army civilians along the way,” last week when their Hera target succumbed to the and his honor. Nor does it tell of his wife’s and his he said. THAAD. And, all of Col. Birdsong’s people played a daughters’ sacrifice to support him in his career. “A common thread weaving through all these critical role in both of those achievements,” Lt. Gen. “Today is not a retirement parade with troop for- people is that they’re all great Americans. They focus John Costello said. mations passing in review,” Costello said. “But, on on the mission like a laser beam and get it done. They Birdsong, a 26-year Army veteran, came to the behalf of the hundreds and thousands of soldiers Col. all go beyond,” Birdsong said. command in ’97 as the director of [then] Targets, Test Birdsong has influenced in his 26 years as an Army Birdsong is a native of Alabama, who graduated and Evaluation Directorate. He was instrumental in officer, I say thank you.” from the Marion Military Institute of Alabama, and achieving Department of Army approval for estab- Costello then presented Birdsong with a Legion of Georgia State University in Columbus, Ga., and was lishing [the current] Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Merit medal and his certificate of retirement. commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry in Project Office and was selected as its first Project “I have two value-based principles for my life,” August 1973. He officially retires Sept. 1—26 years, Manager. Birdsong said. “A solid moral background of truth, four days and a wake-up. As project manager, Birdsong was responsible for honor, service, and hard work, which started with my Col. James Cambron succeeds Birdsong as Project the development, acquisition, and launch of all ballis- mother. And, the many teachers and mentors of my Manager of the Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Project tic missile targets in support of the Ballistic Missile life, including leaders and non-commissioned offic- Office. He comes to SMDC from White Sands Missile Defense Organization’s theater and national missile ers. Range, where he was the deputy commander and di- defense programs. “General Barry MacCaffrey [retired] taught me that rector of National Range.

Around the battalion...around the world

by Spc. Nicole Dechert Fort Meade, Md.

riving up Emory Road, Fort Bravo Company Meade, Md., two 60-foot Commander satellite antennas rise from the Capt. Kim Kawamoto topD of the hill. These dishes, along (right), congratulates with three smaller 40-foot satellites, two of her soldiers enable soldiers of Bravo Company, 1st for their team’s Satellite Control Battalion to perform bowling their mission. championship at Fort st The 1 SATCON—with headquar- Meade, Md. Spec. ters in Colorado Springs, Colo.—is a William Farmer (left) battalion in the U.S. Army Space and Sgt. Bradley Day Command, a major subordinate show the team element of the U.S. Army Space and trophy. Missile Defense Command. The battalion is responsible for the operation and maintenance of a training facility at Schriever Air Force Base, and for five Defense Satellite Communications Systems, or DSCS, operations centers. The DSCS operations centers are Courtesy Photo strategically located throughout the world at: Alpha Company, Fort the Super High Frequency portion of website at www.armyspace.com, or the [stateside] SMDC Soldier of the Year. Detrick, Md.; Bravo Company, here at the radio spectrum to customers Space and Missile Defense Command The Bravo Company bowling team Fort Meade, Md.; Charlie Company, approved by the Joint Staff. Custom- website at www.smdc.army.mil. is also making good marks. The Landstuhl, Germany; Delta Company, ers access the satellite using large, team? Staff Sgts. Darryl Jackson and Camp Roberts, Calif.; and Echo fixed earth terminals. It’s an intricate Bravo, Bravo! Kevin Crosby; Sgt. Bradley Day; and Company, Fort Buckner, Okinawa, network that provides vital communi- Spcs. William Farmer and me! Our Japan. cations to strategic customers, the Bravo Company soldiers are doing team was crowned Fort Meade post Each center is responsible for the intelligence community, the White great things. Soldiering is not taken champions in late May. Finally, our real-time, continuous command and House Communications Agency, and lightly here. Ask Staff Sgt. James Doss, company commander, Capt. Kim control of DSCS satellites and their deployed warfighters around the 1999 NCO of the Year for SMDC. Doss Kawamoto, exhibited her winning associated communications networks. world. continues the tradition set by Staff Sgt. spirit as a member of the Champion- A DSCS satellite is a high capacity Two websites offer more informa- Katherine Day, the 1998 East [state- ship All Army Women’s Basketball communications system that provides tion about the 1st Satellite Control side] SMDC NCO of the Year, and Spc. team. wide-band communications links in Battalion: Army Space Command Mark Thompson, the 1998 East 10 The Eagle Small company wins $3 million contract by John Ralls became the center’s program manager, Huntsville, Ala. in charge of the $35 million contract with about 40 support personnel. From its beginning, this command In ’96, when the simulation center’s has provided prime contracting oppor- contract changed hands, Crutcher de- tunities to qualified and small disad- cided to move forward and form his own vantaged businesses. In keeping with company. its small business focus, the command “Starting a business has been a recently awarded a contract to Maxi- dream of mine for as long as I can re- mum Technology Corporation. member,” Crutcher said. “I like chal- MTC will provide software indepen- lenges and the satisfaction of watching dent verification and validation support ideas become reality.” to the Atmospheric Interceptor Tech- This is Crutcher’s second SMDC con- nology program in the command’s tract, but its first major award. A small Weapons Directorate. The command purchase order was issued to the com- provides MTC a three-year $2.9 million pany by SMDC in ’98, and the company contract for the support. performed so well on that purchase or- The company is a home grown one. der, the command decided to use the Photo by Marco Morales small company to support other com- Its president, Mickey Crutcher, sup- Lillian Correa (left) and Stephanie Hardiman were recently mand requirements. ported the command from ’84 – ’96 as a awarded week-long scholarships at the U.S. Space and Rocket “I believed I could transfer knowl- contractor. He started his career with Center, compliments of the Army Space and Missile Defense edge gained while working in the com- Colsa Corporation as a security guard Association. in the command’s simulation center. mand for Colsa to MTC,” Crutcher said. With a positive attitude and hard work, “It has not been easy and the company Crutcher became the center’s technical has a long road to travel, but this con- support manager in ’91, and in ’94, he tract will help us get there.” Happy campers! Army Space & Missile Defense Association awards two scholarships

by Gerda Sherrill Huntsville, Ala.

Two young ladies are on their way the two proud winners “for their out- to a week at the U.S. Space Camp here, standing scholastic achievements,” thanks to the Army Space and Missile while scholarship chairman Bob Brown Defense Association. In support of praised “their interest in furthering this command, the association awarded their scientific horizons.” two one-week scholarships during a “This upcoming experience will let presentation at the command’s Hunts- you feel what our astronauts go ville element. through when preparing to lift off into The happy campers are Lillian space,” said Brig. Gen. Steven Flohr, Correa, daughter of Carmen Correa SMDC deputy commander. “Your from the Contracting and Acquisition senses will soar when you get an Management Office, and Stephanie astronaut’s eye view of earth after

Photo by LuAnne Fantasia Hardiman, sponsored by Chuck Lamar docking a manned maneuvering unit with an orbiting satellite,” he contin- Mickey Crutcher (seated, right) is awarded a $2.9 million contract. from the Weapons Directorate. ued. “The world’s largest hands-on Contracting Officer Linda Bentley makes it official. (Back row, l to r): Pete Schofield, president of the As- space adventure is waiting for you. Christina Smith, Kim E. Smith, Noel Paschal, Clara Moore, and sociation, handed over the valuable Space Camp is the right stuff for fun.” Angela Fazah. scholarship envelopes, congratulating

White, Kenneth Bragg, Jr., Sharon Hail & Farewell ... Graham, Lornette Stokes, Kay Thrasher, Barbara Elmore, Rachel Ramey, and Beth Andrews. Welcome - Cols. Darell Lance, Director of Army Space Program Office; Patrick O’Reilly,THAAD Project Manager; and James Promotions ... Cambron, Project Manager, BMTJPO; Lt. Col.Patricia Rainey, DCSPER. Maj. John Dill, Capt. Kevin Nabb, Master Farewell - Judy Angus Sgt. James Lussier, Staff Sgts. Don O’Neal Permanent Change of and Patrick Trombley; and Spc. Jason Adams. Station... Awards ... Retirement ... Army Commendation Medal to Maj. Art Bair. Lt. Col. David Stoddard, Legion of Merit and Civilian 35-year pin to Charles White, JLENS. PCS to Kwajalein. All of the following soldiers Civilian 30-year pins to: Linda Matheny, Liz Cols. George Birdsong, Mel Heritage, Lou received a Meritorious Service Medal upon Hurt, James Chiarizio, Don Roosman, Tim Deeter, and James Voss; Lt. Cols. Jim their PCS: Lt. Cols. Richard Doerer, Tim Aden, Norman Gilfand, Mary Miller, Tom Minnon, Dot Fulmer-Shaw, and Phil Linderman, Majs. John Dill, Louise Lewis, Kane, David Cross, and Richard Barrineau. Macklin. Bruce Collier, Roy Sayer, Kirk Sanders, Civilian 25-year pins to: Franklin Bowles, Joan Derik Crotts, Scott Frye; Capts. David Scott, Duvall, Charles Lamar, Stephen McKay, Henry Matthew Nowak; Sgt. Maj. Leon McGraw, Hollman, Bob Connell, William Porter, and Degree... Master Sgt. Lacey Ivory, 1st Sgt. Howard Gerda Sherrill. Bufkin, Sgt. 1st Class Marilyn Mazalewski, Civilian 20-year pins to: Sammie Pankey, Sgt. (Pastor) Jim Keegan, B.S. in Theology. and Staff Sgt. Bradley Bricker. Robert Barker, Horace Garner, Jeanetta

July 1999 11 Kwajalein

Photo by Bob Fore The KRI Dewaruci, the Indonesian Navy training ship, leaves Echo Pier with cadets waving goodbye from the rigging. TTTallall shipship makesmakes bigbig splashsplash atat

Photo by Cynthia Brewer A cadet drummer is costumed as a KwajaleinKwajalein walrus, the mascot of the Indonesian KwajaleinKwajalein Naval Academy.

by Jim Bennett Kwajalein’s Sixth Street to Ocean Road, Reprint from Kwajalein Hourglass and on to Brandon Field, where they gave a performance that included marching renditions of “Ode to Joy,” Whether it was welcoming visitors “Auld Lang Syne,” and even “Jingle aboard the tall three-masted barkentine Bells.” Drum majors waved their five- or presenting the military band dress- foot batons like swords and literally ing a variety of uniforms and costumes, bent over backwards—limbo style—to the Indonesian Navy training ship KRI energize the band. Drummers costumed Dewaruci gave Kwajalein residents as walruses, the naval academy’s mas- something different to see and do re- cot, danced around the other cadets. cently. Another set of drummers was costumed The ship, on its way to California as scuba divers. for the 1999 Gold Rush Race for tall The band next paraded back to the ships, arrived at Kwajalein in mid-May, ship escorted by a crowd of Kwajalein with the fanfare of a band playing on residents. Cadets, 18- to 22-years-old, board, cadets standing high up in the answered questions about the ship and ship’s rigging, and a waving crowd at the Indonesian navy and sang songs, the pier. including “Popeye the Sailor Man.” In the meantime, the ship’s crew The cadets will serve on the ship until opened the ship for tours, allowing resi- fall, learning the basics of sailing and dents to visit the upper decks. Resi- long-term deployments. Then they re- Photo by Jim Bennett dents crowded aboard, examining the turn to the Indonesian Naval Academy The KRI Dewaruci cadet band entertained Kwajalein residents on rigging and intricate woodwork and and complete final examinations. After Brandon Field. purchasing souvenirs. that, they join the Indonesian Navy as The cadet band paraded down ensigns.

12 The Eagle