![]() Jodie Creen Wesemann, museum technician at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, said the first General Officer Model RIA M15. The pistols are special in that they are procured especially for general officers, with serial numbers prefixed with the letters "GO," explained Tara Octaviano, logistics management specialist Title 10, USC Section 2574 allows each active duty general officer to receive a general officer model M9 pistol on loan and purchase it when he or she retires, he explained. The GO Pistol Team has records of issue on the original three by five cards dating back to World War II, said Sid Kemmis, Associate Director, Weapons Support Group. ![]() The General Officer Pistol Team, of the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Rock Island's Weapons Product Support Integration Directorate, oversees the process for the active Army, National Guard and Army Reserve. Eisenhower retired, they purchased the pistols they were issued when they were on active duty.Īnd still today, when general officers retire they can buy the pistols they were issued. Jodie Creen Wesemann, right, museum technician at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, and Tara Octaviano, logistics management specialist, TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Rock Island, are pictured with the first General Officer Model RIA M15.
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