the pershing cable (oct 1985)
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Vol 22 No 10 56th Field Artillery Brigade October
985
Mechanic trades tools for tractor
Story and
pboto,
by J
ady A.
Mcrwinc
He
loou
like he could
bave
wa.llted
off
the t of a vintage John
Wayne
movie with
his old
d11ngarea, bca1
11p leather boots and
blaclr. fell
ciowboy
baL However, James
Hoogcneger
also
wears a differen1 type of
uniform.
a member of Ixlta Company 55th
MaiolCIW>Ce
Bmalioa,
Hoogemgcr is
jun
one of}4
American
soldiers
10
puticipaie in
the Gennan/American
farm
Exchange Pro
gram. 11,e opportllllity gave Hoogesieger
the chance IO l\1nl in his mechanic's
IOOU
for
K'l'ffl
daya in exchange for his favori,e
cowboy dud,.
Hoogmcger wu sponsored by ChriJtian
caengle in
the
nlhge of Weningm. Stxngle
bu bttn actively involved in die achangc
prognm for me past four ycan. Hls main
produce is pork and according 10 Hooge
neger the Stacng)cs ban
:approximately
700
bo p.
James is
no nraoger io lhc
farm b111ineSJ.
a
man.er
of
fact
he
worked on
his
fad,cr's
ranch in an Josc, California for scvcral
years. The Germans do things mostly the
same
u thef n America. 11,e
main
di f.
fercoce I sec is dw the Gcnnans do more
manual
labor and
use
smaller machinery,
he
sai
d.
ln addition \O the bogs, the Stung)cs
also
bavc
several
dairy cows and aacs of
land
tbat need COnstaDt tmding. They arc hard
workers and they kept me
very
busy when I
stayed lhere.
I
learned a lo1 thoug),. The best
experience
wu learning bow
to
give shots
to
the hop,
be explained.
My
ho... were
great. We
worked all day
and Chrutian and
his
sons would take me
111 in the evening. Th.is whole ex~rienct
bas
helped me understand the German
people
u a whole, be continued.
Jim believes
hia
scay with tbc Staengles
will be the stan of an everlasting relation·
,hip. I will be leaving Germany very
abortly and I plan keeping in
touIC of the an equipment.
We
arc
m11nications
suppon,•
Smith said
. going to need good ptoplc; more of the
good
people
tbat bavc already arrived.•
Evcnthougb they
aren
' t
at
half strength
yet
and
won't be until mid Novembtt, Byrd
u proud
of
the soldiers he bas on board
now. lliis, however im t much
of
a surprise
10 lbc new battalion commander.
Whm I wu notified
of this
assignment,•
be wd,
·1
knew i1 would .mean theopportu·
nity
t0
worlr. with
some
of
the
fincn
signal
soldier, in the Anny.•
For j11ruor enlisted soldiers of the 38th,
this tourwill be a chance for man lo work
with the
mon sophisticated equipment the
Anny has
to
offer. For others, like
CW2
Willie K. George, the B•ttalion S-4, (Sup-
ply),
it
will behis most involved mission for
the U.S. Anny.
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PFC Seott Meyer 11 given some
lrlendly
edvlce by hl1
new
bllttlllon c:omm1ndef,
LL Col. JOMph Arbuckle.
by Judy A.
Merwin•
Bringing over 15 yeus of Army officer
n:perience with him, Lt.
Col.
Joseph Ar·
buckle
too
r the helm of 55th Maizuenance
Battalion with several ideas on
how
to
im
prove
the
combat readiness of
the
battalion.
Citing areu
of
concern within the
muc
tutt of
the
baaal.ion, Arbuckle offered his
opiruons on how those problem areas could
be bandied.
"My main ar