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| Keywords: Anthony E. Lorino and a Nike Ajax missile at Fort Bliss, TX 1963. Courtesy of Leslie Lorino. According to Launcher Section Chief Tony Lorino (B/2/166th), the higher the rank you are in the service... the less work you do (generally speaking,) but this was not the case on the Nike Missile Base. He was in charge of missile assembly, fueling, arming, setup, and all of the training that went along with it. He was always busy with something. Tony also made reference to an unwritten law on Nike sites -- inspectors from headquarters should never razzle the assembly chief because they simply have too much to do. Well, one inspector must have been unaware of the law because he broke it without regard. On one of the many inspections from the upper ranks from headquarters, Lorino was asked to warhead a missile. So, one of the guys called out the bolts from the instructions and Lorino tightened them one by one. Unfortunately, the inspector stopped him and complained about over-torquing. He said, "Undo it, and do it again." Lorino obliged. And again, the inspector complained. "Undo it, and do it again." Well, after 10 times or so, Lorino had enough and said, "Look, you should just give up and go out to dinner or something. I train the men on this base, and if you think I, the trainer, can't do this... just forget about it." So, Lorino cames up with an idea -- he "breaks his leg" and he passes off the duties to a young guy under his command. The young guy is reluctant but realizes he has to take the reigns and do it. Well, after that ordeal, the base captain was reviewing the inspection report and questions Lorino about what happened. Lorino's answer, made perefect sense. "What would you rather see on the report? Lorino creates a real world scenario of what could happen when the alarm came... or... Lorino beats the living daylights out of the inspector?" Anthony E. Lorino and a Nike Ajax missile at Fort Bliss, TX 1963. Courtesy of Leslie Lorino. According to Launcher Section Chief Tony Lorino (B/2/166th), the higher the rank you are in the service... the less work you do (generally speaking,) but this was not the case on the Nike Missile Base. He was in charge of missile assembly, fueling, arming, setup, and all of the training that went along with it. He was always busy with something. Tony also made reference to an unwritten law on Nike sites -- inspectors from headquarters should never razzle the assembly chief because they simply have too much to do. Well, one inspector must have been unaware of the law because he broke it without regard. On one of the many inspections from the upper ranks from headquarters, Lorino was asked to warhead a missile. So, one of the guys called out the bolts from the instructions and Lorino tightened them one by one. Unfortunately, the inspector stopped him and complained about over-torquing. He said, "Undo it, and do it again." Lorino obliged. And again, the inspector complained. "Undo it, and do it again." Well, after 10 times or so, Lorino had enough and said, "Look, you should just give up and go out to dinner or something. I train the men on this base, and if you think I, the trainer, can't do this... just forget about it." So, Lorino cames up with an idea -- he "breaks his leg" and he passes off the duties to a young guy under his command. The young guy is reluctant but realizes he has to take the reigns and do it. Well, after that ordeal, the base captain was reviewing the inspection report and questions Lorino about what happened. Lorino's answer, made perefect sense. "What would you rather see on the report? Lorino creates a real world scenario of what could happen when the alarm came... or... Lorino beats the living daylights out of the inspector?" | ||||
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