Chambersburg, PA -- In early November, Letterkenny Munitions Center hosted Brig. Gen. Richard Dix, commander, Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island, Illinois. He met with Lt. Col. Trenton Conner, commander of LEMC, and members of his team to discuss LEMC's value to JMC, the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense.
Conner presented Dix with an overview of LEMC operations supporting Army readiness including interagency and international forces missions. LEMC leaders provided Brig. Gen. Dix with a tour of the center where he viewed various operations including shipping, receiving, storage areas and maintenance facilities. During the tour, Dix stopped at several logistics operations facilities, including the Less-Than-Truckload facility, Primary Containerization Dock and Blocking and Bracing facility. The tour then continued to highlight the Multiple Launch Rocket System family of munitions, interservice missile maintenance facilities and LEMC's nondestructive testing/x-ray facility.
Notably, Brig. Gen. Dix also toured LEMC's demilitarization facilities, which provided him with a demonstration of static fire of rocket motors. At the end of the tour, he viewed LEMC's new Ammonium Perchlorate Rocket Motor Thermal Destruction Facility. This facility, due to open in February 2017, will facilitate an environmentally friendly means to dispose of AP based rocket motors. The new ARMD facility will greatly reduce the need for static burn of rocket motors, reducing both noise and environmental pollution.
At each tour stop, Brig. Gen. Dix spoke with individual employees, introduced himself, and thanked them for their individual contributions in sustaining requirements for Army readiness.
At the end of his visit, Brig. Gen. Dix recognized some of LEMC's Vietnam War Veterans. Following the Vietnam War, Soldiers did not receive a proper hero's welcome home and a thank you, but that it's never too late to say thank you for their sacrifices and service. On behalf of the USA, Army and JMC, Dix presented 14 employees with plaques, decals and pins. Lt. Col. Conner read from the plaque, "The Joint Munitions Command and Lethality Life Cycle management Command and the Joint Munitions Command are proud partners of the United States of America's Vietnam War Commemorative Program. On behalf of our organization and a grateful nation, it is a privilege to thank and honor you for your service, valor and sacrifice when our country needed you most. You have set the foundation for those Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard who have followed in your footsteps -- our Nation is a stronger Nation because of your service. Thank you, HOOAH!" Dix presented each veteran a plaque and thanked them for their service.
LEMC is located on Letterkenny Army Depot and is a Government-Owned, Government-Operated installation. LEMC conducts regional and global distribution of munitions, provides missile maintenance, and conducts demilitarization of munitions for the U.S. Army in support of Joint Forces and international partner nations.
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