Military News
Local Guardsmen Return, Tank Training Successful
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Tank Training
New Equipment Training Team at Ft. Knox, Kentucky demonstrates a speedy process removing a power pack
from an \1-l Abrams Tank as members of the 2nd Battalion, 252nd Armor, \( -I R\Ci of Raeford natch.
Barefoot, Atkins Stationed In Sinai
Pfc. Billy H. Barefoot Jr., son
of Billy and Janice T. Barefoot of
Route 2, Raeford, is a member of
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry,
Fort Bragg, participating in the
multi-national peace-keeping force
and observers (MFO) as the
primary U.S. military contingent
in the Sinai.
His wife, Amber, is the daughter
of Paul and Christal Bradley of
West Warwick, R.I.
The private is a 1980 graduate of
Hoke County High School,
Raeford.
Pfc. Michael R. Atkins, son of
C.A. and Louise Atkins of Route
1, Aberdeen, is also a member of
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry.
Fort Bragg, participating in the
multi-national peace-keeping force
and observers (MFO) as the
primary U.S. military contingent
in the Sinai.
The MFO. an independent agen
cy responsible to the governments
of Israel and Egypt, was establish
ed as a result of the 1979 Egypt -
Israel peace treaty.
The mission of the airborne unit
is to operate check points and
observation posts and conduct
reconnaissance patrols along the
Sinai peninsula. The peninsula is
located on the southeast shores of
the Mediterranean Sea and extends
eastward from the Sue/ Canal to
Israel and southward from the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
The unit will be the third U.S.
contingent to serve with the MFO.
replacing the 1st Battalion. 502nd
Infantry of Fort Campbell. Ky.
He is a 1981 graduate of
Pinecrest High School. Southern
Pines.
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High morale and esprit de corps
were evident as members of the
2nd Battalion, 252nd Armor, of
Raeford, returned recently from
(raining with the Army's new M-l
Abrams tank at Fort Hood, Tex.
The 118 officers and non
commissioned officers from Red
Springs, Albemarle, Laurinburg,
Sanford and Southern Pines at
tended the Supervisor's Course for
M-l Tank Operation and
Maintenance.
The Course is part of a broad
training program designed to
prepare the unit for the acquisition
of the new tank. Supervisors were
instructed by a special team from
Fort Knox, the Army's Armor
Center.
The 2/252nd is the first National
Guard unit in the United States to -
acquire the new M-l tank as part "
of its support mission to the 2nd
Armor Division headquartered in
Texas.
Tank Arrives
The Rue ford unit of the \orth Carolina \ational Guard received their A brants \f-l Tank Monday March 21 at
fort Bragg.
Police Participation
Area coordinator for the National C hild Safety Council, Hill Haskins,
(right), presents Raeford Police Chief Leonard M iggins >* ith a plaque for
the department's participation in the program.
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Airman Terry J. Richardson,
son of Lacy Richardson of 715
Silver St., Raeford, has graduated
from the U.S. Air Force security
police specialist course at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
Graduates of the course studied
systems security operations, tacti,cs
and weapons training and earned 1
credits toward as associate degree
in applied science through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
Richardson will now serve at
Minot Air Force Base, N.D., with
the 91st Security Police Squadron.
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