GLCM (my days as a GLCM Ranger) 1989-1991 Wueschheim Germany

[OutHouse]

i decided to google GLCM and found pictures from my old air base i was stationed at for 2 years.

i was with the 38th TMW (tactical Missile Wing) at Wueschheim Germany and our job was to take 12 nuclear loaded Cruise Missiles out in in the German country side, hide them and point them at Russia. It scared the shit of the Russians because they never knew where were in Germany with 12 tomahawk cruise missiles pointed at them. there were other GLCM bases in Holland, Italy, Belgium and England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLCM

http://www.glcm.us/38tmw/wueschheim_today.htm << The last pic with build 202 was our guardmount and armory building.



this is what the launch vehicles looked like when we deployed. I am in the first pic of "charlie Flight" .

http://38tmw.com/photo.html

 

[yllus]

How hard would it be to launch one of those suckers? A couple of key turns and press a big red button? 😛

 

[MrMatt]

how close did they ever get to being fired?

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: MrMatt
how close did they ever get to being fired?

lol never close.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: yllus
How hard would it be to launch one of those suckers? A couple of key turns and press a big red button? 😛

real easy.

 

[ccryder]

UGH!
Camo Net.

 

[Liet]

Cool stuff!

 

[keird]

What years were you stationed there and how many beers could you have the day before duty?

How much of a pain in the ass were security measures when you worked with nukes? Did you have to write down the names of every girl you were dating or something?