Army in Germany from to If you have any stories or thoughts on the subject, please contact me. The requirement was to establish a system which would provide reliable, secure and virtually instantaneous communications for Allied Command Europe ACE. Special importance was attached to the rapid dissemination of information to command and operational elements, and the quick implementation of military plans.
In order to guard againts attack, it was deemed vital that the network be immediately available to SACEUR at all times, particularly during a period of increased air activity, tension or alerts. AFCENT's responsibility was for day-to-day operations, frequency allocation in Central Europe, and planning for exercises, war operations and the introduction of new equipment. The official opening was on 1 June The primary microwave terminal was located near the System Control room 40' in the communications bunker.
Not sure if it was Collins Radio or not. They did bring in the manufacturer from the States to try and iron out some of the bugs.. The primary role of systems control was to maintain teletype circuits between communications room terminals and distant terminals in continuous operation. The maintenance shop for Olivetti Teleprinters was located adjacent to systems control -- any failure of teleprinter equipment was sent as a fault report to the maintenance shop.
Standby generator power supplies were controlled by system control as well. It was a dark window-less stressful hole in the ground in which to work for two and a half years. I spent my 21st birthday down there! Still the place is fondly remembered by lot's of folks. I left in Nov and discharched Dec stayed out 4 years; came back. Sometime after the 5th was renamed to st Special Activities Sq which ended up in Ramstein, Germany I don't have any info after that date.
Hopefully this answers some of the questions about the 5thRRS. MY information is from memory and pictures that I had identified correctly, I hope at the time. There were other stations that I recall I was stationed at:. A-3 1 , in Plailly, France. We lived in the 'Hotel des Artistes', Mortefontaine, France.
