What, Where/When, Who/How, Why

Who

- Army TO&E (Table of Orginization & Equipment) said

- 4 commissioned officers, several warrant officers, and about 120 enlisted

- About 20 of the above received specialized trainning (up to 1 year) at Ft. Bliss

-Personel shortages during the VietNam War brought that down to about 80

and life was no fun :-((
How

- Congress appropriated money.

- Western Electric and Douglas designed Nike

- Air Force and Army fought like cats and dogs over money and weapons.

(lets not get into Nike vs BOMARC)

- White Sands Proving Ground tested it.

- Ft. Bliss was training center

- Later money and manpower troubles due to VietNam

- and increasing threat of ICBMs vs. manned bombers ended Nike in U.S.

(except Florida and Cuban Missile Crisis)