Word: fulda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longer have to spend hours picking up and loading ammunition after receiving warning of an attack. Instead, a large portion of U.S. combat vehicles and aircraft are kept permanently loaded, even though this increases the risk of accidents. At the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment's base in Fulda, for example, helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers and scout cars are fully armed and lined up for swift departure. Says Colonel Robert Sunell, the regiment's commander: "I won't tell you how fast I can move this regiment out of its barracks, but it's damned fast...