How do the services train personnel for the guided missile units?
First of all, personnel are selected for a guided missile unit only if they meet specified criteria. Those who are to have technical responsibilities are then given special training courses. The Army trains technicians for the NIKE HERCULES units in schools established at Fort Bliss, Texas, and at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Courses for the various specialties range from 8 to 51 weeks in duration. The Air Force currently conducts similar individual training of specialists at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. This training program will be transferred to an Air Training Command school at Chanute Air Force Base. • QUESTION: What are the land requirements for HERCULES and BOMARC sites? ANSWER: A battalion of four batteries of HERCULES requires about 150 acres in fee and about 350 acres in easement, for a total of about 500 acres. A BOMARC squadron with approximately the same number of missiles requires about 70 acres in fee and about 30 acres in easement, for a total of about 100 acres.
