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Guest Speaker Event Today - Project Nike Rod Brimhall

  • 1.  Guest Speaker Event Today - Project Nike Rod Brimhall

    Posted 04 Mar, 2021 16:44
    Reminder we are having a guest speaker event today at 6:00 PM!!

    Register here: https://aiaa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckdOGtrjMuGtNwYuUUo5lnXNEsbyGA7Onx  

    Rod Brimhall will be speaking on the historic missile program Project Nike. The program delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953 and continued to develop cutting edge technology for over a decade.

    Rod was a 23N (Nike Radar and Intercept Computer Repairman) and served at the 2/56 ADA for 5 years in Germany, achieving the rank of Staff Sargent. Rod was also on the Nuclear Surety Team during this time, where he was tasked with transporting, protecting and, if needed, destroying the weapon.



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