Military News
Sgt. Anthony M. Giambatista of Fort Bragg's 264th Co. directs a crew of Marines from Camp Lejeune's Sth
Engineer Support Battalion while thev fit a piece of a medium girder bridge into place. (U.S. Army photo).
Brady Completes
Recruit Training
Navy Seamn Recruit William T.
Brady, son of William J. and
Patrick N. Brady of 612 E. Fourth
St.. and 713 N. Third Ave..
respectively. Silver City. N.C.. has
completed recruit training at the
Naval Training Center. Orlando.
Fla.
Graham Promoted
Joseph N. Graham, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Solomon Graham of
Route 1. Aberdeen. N.C.. has been
promoted in the U.S. Air Force to
the rank of senior airman.
Ft. Bragg Engineers Show
Marines Bridge Building
Members of Fort Bragg's 264th
Engineer Co., 20th Brigade, al
lowed members of the Marine
Corps' 8th Engineer Support Bat
talion, 2nd Force Service Support
Group to gain some practical
experience with the Medium Girder
Brigade Oct., 5 at Camp Lejeune.
The 264th, which is the Army
unit that first tested the M.G.B. for
the Army in 1978, offered in
struction while the Marines erected
the Army bridge over a land
depression of approximately 30
feet.
"The bridges we got are a lot
bigger apd heavier." said Marine
PFC Patrick T. Cram. "I like this
one a lot better. It's lightweight and
easier to put together."
First Sgt. Jimmie L. Barnett of
Bowen Gets Germa
Spec. 4 Stephen A. Bowen, son
of Patsy J. Pennington of 717 S.
Michigan Ave., Hastings, Mich.,
has arrived for duty in Wuerzburg,
West Germany.
Bowen, a food service specialist
the 264th, who has been building
bridges for 24 years, agreed with
Cram's description. "It is the
quickest and easiest bridge to build
by hand. It's good for what it was
designed -- 100 foot distance."
Put together by bolts and 20
pound stainless steel pins, the
M.G.B can be completed across a
100-foot obstruction in approxi
mately 1.5 hours. A crew of 25
workers is recommended to build
the bridge, which can support up to
60 tons.
Marine PFC Harry T. Lackey
said he was looking forward to next
year when his unit will receive a
M.G.B. "Right now, the bridges
we build take all day, and that's
with cranes," said Lackey.
Several Marines credited the
ny Duty
with the 3rd Infantry Division, was
previously assigned at Fort Bragg,
N.C.
His wife, Sandra, is the daughter
of Sandra L. Bowen of Route 1,
Shannon, N.C.
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264th non-commissioned officers
for conducting a well-run class. "1
learned a lot. It was taught in a way
that anyone could understand," ?
said Cram.
"They knew what they were
doing," added Marine Lance
Corporal Phillip C. Fusco.
The 264th had travelled to Camp
Lejeune as part of the Emergency
Deployment Readiness Exercise,
"Dragon Team 1-82."
Army Sgt. Michael L. Cooney,
who helped instruct the bridge^
building class for the Marines, said ?
he enjoyed working with the
Marine unit. "They were all in
quisitive and wanted to learn. They
worked hard and I think they did
learn a lot."
At Center Grove
Center Grove Missionary Baptist
Church in the Antioch community^
will hold its annual Ingathering
November 5 and 6, from 11 a.m.
till evefyone is served, each day.
Pork barbecue, slaw, hush pup
pies. liver hash, fried chicken and
candied yams will be offered at
S3.50 per plate. The barbecue will
be for sale by the pound.
Ingathering
The Ingathering of Shiloh Pres-f
byterian Church will be held Thurs
day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the
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