Welcome to the Bavarian Millitary Community

17 Welcome to the U.S.Army Garrison Grafenwoehr. September - The Red Army Faction (RAF) carry out an unsuccessful rocket propelled grenade attack against the car car- rying the U.S. Army’s West German Commander Frederick J. Kroesen in Heidelberg. 1982 From the July 1982 Spearhead maga- zine: “An eight-inch howitzer from the 1st Bn., 40th Field Artillery fires from underneath its camo at the Grafen- woehr Training Area before rumbling down the range road to another firing point”. 1983 First M2/3 and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is fired at Grafenwoehr. The M270 is a mobile unit, well-suited for the shoot-and scoot tactic it can fire its rockets rapidly, and quickly move-away to avoid returning counter battery fire. 1984/85 The first M1A1 Tanks arrive for trials at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels. 1985 August - Major upgrades are completed at Grafenwoehr facilities, and the ranges are renumbered. SIMNET, a wide area network with vehicle simulators and displays for real-time distributed com- bat simulation is released for testing in 1985, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. SIMNET is subsequently fielded in 1987, and was used for training until successor pro- grams came online in the 1990s. 1986 April - The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union melts-down and explodes releasing a cloud of radioactivity into the atmosphere over Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. World Wide Car Shipping Domestic Delivery within US and Europe: Marine Insurance • Custom Clearance Leave it to us to bring it to you! For a free offer please contact: Call 0800-CARSHIP or info@transglobal-logistics.de About us Trans Global Logistics Europe GmbH located in Mainz-Kostheim was founded in May 2005 to support customers of Trans Global Auto Logistics Inc. located in Grand Prairie, TX, and provide them with better and additional services. Due to a global network of agencies and partner companies, Trans Global Logistics Europe GmbH is able to provide you with compre- hensive services regarding all your logistical needs. Services World-wide transport of . . . . . . motor vehicles, aircraft, boats and yachts . . . construction vehicles and equipment . . . project- and container load of all kinds . . . household goods Trans Global Logistics Europe GmbH Hochheimer Straße 111 • D-55246 Mainz - Kostheim www.transglobal-logistics.eu • i nfo@transglobal-logistics.de +49- (0) 6134 - 6016118 0800 - 2277447 * free of charge within Germany History of the Grafenwoehr Training Area