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Post by tankcommander on Apr 5, 2013 10:50:49 GMT -8
Stars and Stripes
Published: April 4, 2013
STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Army’s 69-year history of basing main battle tanks on German soil quietly ended last month when 22 Abrams tanks, a main feature of armored combat units throughout the Cold War, embarked for the U.S.
The departure of the last M-1 Abrams tanks coincides with the inactivation of two of the Army’s Germany-based heavy brigades. Last year, the 170th Infantry out of Baumholder disbanded. And the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade at Grafenwöhr is in the process of doing the same.
On March 18, the remaining tanks were loaded up at the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s railhead in Kaiserslautern where they then made the journey to the shipping port in Bremerhaven, Germany. There they boarded a ship bound for South Carolina.
The tanks belonged to the 172nd along with a mix that were leftover from other units, according to the 21st TSC.
“It is an honor to be one of the soldiers escorting the last battle tanks out of Germany,” said Sgt. Jeremy Jordan of the 529th Military Police Company, in an Army story about the journey. “As these tanks sail back to the U.S., we are closing a chapter in history.”
I guess it's time...... God, I miss the Cold War.
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Post by Sailor on Apr 5, 2013 13:58:27 GMT -8
It's normal to miss our old units, our friends and comrads, the "good old days."
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Post by peterd on Apr 5, 2013 14:04:57 GMT -8
Those days are long gone. We had our ups and downs, but overall we had good times.
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Post by warrior1972 on Apr 13, 2013 8:02:47 GMT -8
Stars and Stripes Published: April 4, 2013 STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Army’s 69-year history of basing main battle tanks on German soil quietly ended last month when 22 Abrams tanks, a main feature of armored combat units throughout the Cold War, embarked for the U.S.
The departure of the last M-1 Abrams tanks coincides with the inactivation of two of the Army’s Germany-based heavy brigades. Last year, the 170th Infantry out of Baumholder disbanded. And the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade at Grafenwöhr is in the process of doing the same.
On March 18, the remaining tanks were loaded up at the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s railhead in Kaiserslautern where they then made the journey to the shipping port in Bremerhaven, Germany. There they boarded a ship bound for South Carolina.
The tanks belonged to the 172nd along with a mix that were leftover from other units, according to the 21st TSC.
“It is an honor to be one of the soldiers escorting the last battle tanks out of Germany,” said Sgt. Jeremy Jordan of the 529th Military Police Company, in an Army story about the journey. “As these tanks sail back to the U.S., we are closing a chapter in history.”I guess it's time...... God, I miss the Cold War. Yeah, I agree. At least we knew who and what we were up against, most of the time.... |
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Post by peterd on Apr 13, 2013 9:40:09 GMT -8
Stars and Stripes Published: April 4, 2013 STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Army’s 69-year history of basing main battle tanks on German soil quietly ended last month when 22 Abrams tanks, a main feature of armored combat units throughout the Cold War, embarked for the U.S.
The departure of the last M-1 Abrams tanks coincides with the inactivation of two of the Army’s Germany-based heavy brigades. Last year, the 170th Infantry out of Baumholder disbanded. And the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade at Grafenwöhr is in the process of doing the same.
On March 18, the remaining tanks were loaded up at the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s railhead in Kaiserslautern where they then made the journey to the shipping port in Bremerhaven, Germany. There they boarded a ship bound for South Carolina.
The tanks belonged to the 172nd along with a mix that were leftover from other units, according to the 21st TSC.
“It is an honor to be one of the soldiers escorting the last battle tanks out of Germany,” said Sgt. Jeremy Jordan of the 529th Military Police Company, in an Army story about the journey. “As these tanks sail back to the U.S., we are closing a chapter in history.”I guess it's time...... God, I miss the Cold War. Yeah, I agree. At least we knew who and what we were up against, most of the time....The best memories came from the Cold War. |
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Post by tankcommander on Apr 13, 2013 12:07:06 GMT -8
I guess it's time...... God, I miss the Cold War. Yeah, I agree. At least we knew who and what we were up against, most of the time....Looking back, even with all those mega-tons, living under mutual assured destruction seems almost blissful compared to the shaky nuclear status of the world today. Better some old Russian, propped up, and waving from the Kremlin like a bobble-head doll, than the kook in Korea, or the idiots in Iran. And of course, besides rogue nations, and wobbly governments that already have them, building atomic bombs is old technology, and as time goes by, more and more fissionable material will be out there floating around, so it's really just a matter of time..... IMHO. |
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Post by peterd on Apr 13, 2013 12:43:42 GMT -8
One of the sad times I experienced when we left Nuernberg community in 1995, day after the military community was offcially closed. Nuernberg was our home for 13 years. The happy times were when Berlin wall came down. The Spirit of Freedom was great. Now everything is just a memory. I still have some Berlin wall left.
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Post by dustdevil28 on Apr 15, 2013 12:50:49 GMT -8
Stars and Stripes Published: April 4, 2013 STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Army’s 69-year history of basing main battle tanks on German soil quietly ended last month when 22 Abrams tanks, a main feature of armored combat units throughout the Cold War, embarked for the U.S.
The departure of the last M-1 Abrams tanks coincides with the inactivation of two of the Army’s Germany-based heavy brigades. Last year, the 170th Infantry out of Baumholder disbanded. And the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade at Grafenwöhr is in the process of doing the same.
On March 18, the remaining tanks were loaded up at the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s railhead in Kaiserslautern where they then made the journey to the shipping port in Bremerhaven, Germany. There they boarded a ship bound for South Carolina.
The tanks belonged to the 172nd along with a mix that were leftover from other units, according to the 21st TSC.
“It is an honor to be one of the soldiers escorting the last battle tanks out of Germany,” said Sgt. Jeremy Jordan of the 529th Military Police Company, in an Army story about the journey. “As these tanks sail back to the U.S., we are closing a chapter in history.”I guess it's time...... God, I miss the Cold War. Huh, the Cold War has only been over for twenty years. I wonder why we are just now getting our tanks out, but then again we did have a little skirmish over Kosovo in the 90's. -DD |
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