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The Memorial
"You are now part of a brotherhood and you will soon become part of a team of silent warriors - a team of professionals - executing classified missions veiled in secrecy. Many of your accomplishments will never be known by the public, but your missions and their results will be recognized by comrades who truly understand your contributions and sacrifices. In your combat control career, do your ancestors proud - remember their contributions and establish even greater goals for those who will proudly follow your lead."
 Original art work by MSG John Costa, Artillery Master Gunner, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
(Combat Control School Collection © Combat Control Heritage Foundation)  THE EYE OF THE STORM (EOS) is the title given to the group of three statues proposed for future installation at the Combat Control School (CCS), Pope AFB, North Carolina. When completed, the EOS will be a monument to combat controllers past, present and future. The EOS is a grouping of three, individual combat controllers, shown is a idealized formation at the control point of a drop zone. One (left) is the air traffic controller; the second (center)is operating long-haul communications; a third (right) is providing team security and standing ready to step into either control position. Each statue is individually cast and will be set in a formation in the CCS Memorial Walkway. The eye of the storm refers to the center of a hurricane - a relatively quiet zone - around which scores of turbulent forces are violently churning and - in some cases - raining death and destruction. In the CCS EOS scenario, the combat controllers are depicted at the center of air operations - a location known as the air-head, air traffic control point. It is the job of combat controllers to integrate, synchronize and control air power at the targeted battlefield. In many operations, the EOS is at the center of relatively mundane aerial delivery operations – either by parachute or by airlanding assault. However, today’s combat controllers are fully capable bring destructive forces to bear on enemy formations. It is these airmen, their skills and their dedication to the Air Force mission that will be memorialized by the Eye of the Storm monument. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Eye of the Storm project. |
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