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Show r ARMY NEWS 13d ' S' & ' 8 'Af, I' ' 'S' ' & : &' W$ ' W, ,f t v ' s k 5 ' vt- j 7 fhftyZfsp ,V(U , rtHAfriiaifenfemcM PHOTO FEATURES Vti- , yZ AtMV VSJti , V , U ft IpA' , . "4 SPRINT, the Armys newest missile, rises high White Sands Missile aboe Range, N.M., during a test flight from an underground launch cell. Being developed as an interceptor missile for the NIKE X missile defense system, the high acceleration of the SPRINT will allow it to reach out and destroy an attacking intercontinental ballistic missile or submarine launched missile within seconds after launch. SPRINT is being developed by the Martin Co., Orlando, Fla. anti-missi- le HITCH HIKING A U. S. Army Sikorsky SKYCRANE carries a damaged CHINOOK helicopter weighing 14,000 pounds to 1st Cavalry Dhision (Airmobile) headquarters at An Khe, Yietnam. During their first few weeks in Vietnam, SKYCRANES have also airlifted bulldozers to mountain tops and carried a detachable personnel pod for use as a command headquarters. CH-54- A CH-4- 7 ARTILLERY OFFICER CANDIDATE Lester W. Gray inspects a tube support mechanism on a 105mm howitzer at the U. S. Army Artillery and Missile Center, Fort Sill, Okla. SSgt James A. Thornton, Artillery Transport Department instructor from Jesup, Ga., checks the Lakeland, Fla., student officers progress. Under the Armys expanded requirements for junior officers. Fort Sill will train 2,700 men annually a jump of 1,500 over FY 65. self-propell- WINTER WONDERLAND A squad on patrol in the snow of the Fort Richardson, o field training weather during a three-da- y Alaska, training area breaks trail in 23d 4th members of the soldiers are exercise. The Battalion, Infantry. The battalion-sizemaneuer was a lesson in the style of military operations in which both the enemy and the winter must be fought. Novice skiers had no trouble in follow ing the ad ice of the pros you must first learn to fall. sub-zer- ski-bor- d two-prong- ed 's ss- NsX-- & . ' s' s ' 'v ' , s ' 4 s f radiosondes are launched during tests ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER Balloon-born- e of the automated meteorological sounding system at Fort Monmouth, N. J. The system, under the direction of the U. S. Army being de eloped by Republic Aviation Corp. to produce reports on atmospheric conmethods Electronics Command, uses computer ditions. The retractable antenna automatically tracks radiosondes to altitudes of 20 miles or more. The system is designed to meet the complex requirements of tactical forces in the 1970s from missile firings to regular and special weather forecasts. s MAIL FOR MALES Miss Anne Blubaugh of Marlow Heights, Md., mails a color photo of herself in a bathing suit to the 1st Cavalry Dnisions IBM machine operators in Yietnam. Annes trip to the mail box is the culmination of a search begun weeks ago by the Vietnam-base- d soldiers mascot. needed One a Pfc Harold Blubaugh flipped they day, open his wallet to a picture of his sister a hazel-eyefrosted blond. The soldiers problem was solved had found their mascot. (U. S. Army photo by Harvey they Kopel) d, |