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Cecil Wayne
Austin
( Living
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Viet Nam Era AL Army Natl Guard 115 Signal Battalion
Service Period: 1964 - 1972
Rank: Spec 4
ROTC (2 yrs) - University of North
Alabama
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The
Alabama Army National Guard maintains 141 armories, and is present in 129
communities.
The
Federal mission of Alabama's
Army National Guard is to maintain properly trained and equipped units
available for prompt mobilization for war, national emergency or as otherwise
needed.
The
Alabama Army National Guard's State mission is to provide trained and
disciplined forces for domestic emergencies or as otherwise required by State
laws.
In
FY99 the Alabama Army National Guard trained in missions around the world,
including New Horizons '99. Soldiers traveled to the Dominican Republic
in the aftermath of Hurricanes Mitch and Georges to run engineer operations.
ALARNG personnel also worked in Panama clearing ranges as US
forces left the country.
Overall
in FY99, Alabama had more than 3,450 Army
Guard personnel participate in training activities in nine countries - Honduras, Dominican
Republic, Panama,
Germany, Netherlands, Romania,
Japan, Thailand and Korea. Several counterpart visits
were conducted with Romania
under the Partnership for Peace Program. The ALARNG 142nd Signal Brigade
added an active Army signal battalion from Fort Lewis, WA
to its troop structure. The 1/203rd ADA
(Patriot), the National Guard's first "Scud Buster" battalion,
trained for its first live fire mission in October 1999.
Fortunately,
Alabama had
only a small number of state emergencies in FY99. Engineer personnel assisted
FEMA in damage assessments after an ice storm in north Alabama. In April and September, ALARNG aircraft
maintenance personnel fought forest fires in Florida and CH-47 helicopters dumped water
on hard to reach fires in the state.
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August 1966 Fort Benning, GA
- G.G. Grandson of William Henry Barlow
- G. Grandson of Alfred Jordan Barlow
(Barlar)
- Grandson of Thomas Jefferson Barlar
- Son of Ruby Lee (Barlar) Austin
- B: Tennessee
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Wayne is the nephew of Claxton Barlar
and Dolly Adell
(Barlar) Davis
A Call to Action: The Vietnam
War.
From 1968-69, 12,000 Army Guardsmen and
10,511 Air Guardsmen were called to serve their country. Over 9,500 Guardsmen
were sent to Vietnam.
Once again, the National Guard demonstrated combat-ready professionalism,
earning over 4,000 decorations during the conflict.
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