Military Power

Redstone Arsenal is located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, in northern Alabama. Redstone Arsenal was built in 1941 to produce conventional chemical ammunition for use in World War II. For more than 40 years, Redstone has been the heart of the Army's rocket and missile programs. Dr. Werner von Braun and his German rocket experts developed the first ballistic missile; this led to the establishment of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960. Today, Redstone is home to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), the Space and Missile Defense Command, numerous Program Executive Offices (PEO), and major components of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Missile Defense Agency. Also located here are numerous tenant and satellite organizations. "Team Redstone's" mission is perform basic and advanced weapons system research and development, placing the right missile and aviation systems with the troops, keeping them ready to fight, providing weapon systems, services and supplies to our allies, to manage weapon systems such as the Cobra and PATRIOT, and to support project managers within the program executive office structure.

I can remember when we first moved to Huntsville in 1966. We lived in apartment on the southeast part of town. (Next door to Grissom High School). We always knew when NASA was testing the Saturn 5 rocket engines. Windows every would rattle.

As a result of the latest BRAC decision Redstone and Huntsville will gain approximately 2100 positions. Once I get my camera working again, I'll post some pictures of RSA.