I served in the 32nd Artillery Brigade in Germany from January, 1964 until June of 1966. 

My initial duty station was in Pirmasens with the 2d of the 56th —Nike and Hawk--Carpe diem being our motto, with rotating duty in a Battalion Operations Center on "the Hill", several kilometers away from our Husterhoeh Kaserne.

With the 32d Artillery Brigade now decommissioned, do you have any records/history on this outfit? With my memories fading, wondered if there are some facts about which I could learn more, maybe make some connections with fellow soldiers from that time period.

Worked with a Captain Lutz, CWO Dalrymple and fellow staffers on the hill.

For the second half of my service, I was called up to Brigade Headquarters in Kaiserslautern to become the Brigade photographer for the unit's bi-weekly newspaper.

Kapaun Barracks was our unit's location. Again, any records that I could access for brigade activities or personnel between 1965-66?

Our commanding general, Richard Cassidy, passed I believe in 1996. I understand he moved on, gained one star, and served many more years.

Company commander at Kapaun was LT. Browning.

Memory's dimming but the nearby complex in Volgelweh is where we'd leave Kapaun to catch civilian busses to K'town while on passes. Also, I don't recall a theater or bowling alley on Kapaun Barracks proper. We'd exit the main gate and walk to a PX or theater in Vogelweh. Someone, correct me if I'm wrong.

A signal company and transportation unit also occupied Kapaun Barracks. As the Brigade photographer, I documented activities at our Nike and Hawk batteries scattered throughout Germany, with minimal contact with the signal or transportation soldiers except to play occasional Sunday soccer matches.

As the brigade photographer, my images taken for news or feature stories stayed with the brigade's records and I've never found any archives wherein they may have been digitized or remain as catalogued/archived material. Any help with sourcing these images?

In summary, my info is Byron Lee Baker, RA, June 28, 1963 - June 28, 1966. Entered service in Seattle, WA; basic at Ft. Ord, CA; AIT at Ft. Bliss, TX. Took an overseas discharge on June 28, 1966 to work in a Swedish paper mill, 3-yrs reserve service.

Thanks for any help you can provide in tracing historical information on the above. Any links or contacts are appreciated.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Building 2787 - I believe was the Headquarters for the 32d Artillery Brigade, offices of General Richard Cassidy.
Building 2786 - housed the Headquarters Battery (32d AADCOM). 
Building 2769 - (I believe!) was the Kapaun Barracks mess hall.

(Webmaster note: I suggested he look into joining the "32d AADCOM" Facebook group)

Phase-out of the US Army NIKE-HERC Battalions in Germany, early 1980s
There were originally six Nike Hercules air defense missile battalions in Germany which later comprised the 94th ADA Group.  All six of these battalions had been 90mm AAA AW Battalions (Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons battalions) of the 34th AAA Brigade, which had nineteen battalions at the time, that also included units equipped with 75mm or 40mm gun systems.

The six battalions were re-equipped with the Nike-Ajax Missile System in late 1957 in the following order: 63rd, 552nd, 67th, 45th, 95th and 25th.
 
During the initial transition to Nike-Ajax, the six battalions kept their numeric designations but were re-designated from AAA AW Battalions to Missile Battalions (Air Defense), e.g. the 45th AAA AW BN became the 45th Missile BN (AD), etc. All six Missile Battalions were operational with the missile system by the middle of 1958. 

The Army likes tradition but it thrives on change. On September 1, 1958, the six battalions were re-designated from their old AAA designations to new Artillery type designations under the CARS program, e.g. the 25th Missile Battalion (AD) became the 4th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery. More details on this follow. 

The 94th Air Defense Artillery Group was re-activated on 1 April 1960 as part of the 32nd AAA Brigade, and the six above-mentioned Missile Battalions were assigned from the 34th AAA Brigade to the 94th ADA Group, headquartered in Kaiserslautern. By the end of that year, all six Missile Battalions were equipped with the newer Nike-Hercules Missile System, and the older Nike-Ajax began to be phased-out. 

By the mid-Sixties, NATO allies France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands began to deploy their own Nike-Hercules and Hawk missile defenses. 

In the late 1960s, in what has been described as a program to streamline air defense assets in Europe, two American Nike-Hercules battalions were designated for de-activation. Some batteries were transferred from one battalion to another to minimize the loss of air defense protection as the 94th ADA reduced from six battalions with four firing batteries each to four firing battalions with four batteries each. 

The 1st Battalion, 67th Artillery (former 67th Missile Battalion AD) located in Wertheim was the first Nike-Hercules battalion in Germany to be de-activated on 26 December 1969. 

The 4th Battalion, 6th Artillery (former 25th Missile Battalion AD) located at Spangdahlem Air Base was the second Nike Hercules battalion in Germany to be de-activated on March 26, 1970.

By this time the shoulder-fired Redeye missile system had been deployed throughout the NATO countries and two low-altitude Chaparral / Vulcan aid defense battalions were deployed to Germany to protect selected air bases. 

The phase-out of Nike Hercules within the continental United States began at about this same time, in 1970, and was complete by the end of 1974. However, the remaining four Nike-Hercules battalions in Germany remained active for several more years, into the early 1980s, when the Patriot missile system was deployed in Germany.
I do not have the exact dates of de-activation for the remaining four Nike-Hercules battalions in Germany, but this is the best information I have been able to obtain so far. 

5th Battalion, 6th ADA (former 45th Missile Bn) located in Neubruecke was de-activated in June 1982. CWO Fred Person was the last Nike-Hercules man to leave the DSP at Hoppstaedten as the 3rd of the 59th Hawk moved in from Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau.

2nd Battalion, 1st ADA (former 63rd Missile Bn) located at Wackernheim was de-activated in May 1983. Until 1972 this battalion was designated as the 5th Bn, 1st Arty.

2nd Battalion, 56th ADA (former 95th Missile Bn) located at Pirmasens was deactivated in August 1983.

3rd Battalion, 71st ADA (former 552nd Missile Bn) located at Kornwestheim was the last Nike Hercules in Germany to be deactivates in February 1985.

NATO units NATO units from West Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Italy, Greece and Turkey continued to use the Hercules for high-altitude air defense until the late 1980s. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated in 1988. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.