| 词条 | Abner B. Martin |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Abner B. Martin | image = Lt Gen Abner B. Martin.jpg | caption = Official portrait of Lieutenant General Abner B. Martin | birth_name = | birth_place = Fairforest, South Carolina | birth_date = {{dob|1927|05|25|mf=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age |2011|08|11 |1927|05|25|mf=yes}} | death_place = | allegiance = {{flagu|United States|name=United States of America|size=23px}} | branch = {{flag|United States Air Force|size=23px}} | serviceyears = 1950 to 1979 | rank = Lieutenant General | battles = | awards = }} Lieutenant General Abner Broadwater Martin (May 25, 1927 – August 11, 2011) was third Director of Defense Mapping Agency from September 1977 to June 1979. Early life, and educationLieutenant General Abner B. Martin was born in Fairforest, South Carolina, on May 25, 1927.[1] He attended Clemson College for 18 months and then transferred to North Carolina State College, where he also served in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps. He received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, and graduated in 1949 with a bachelor of science degree in military engineering and a commission as a second lieutenant. He earned a master's degree in weapons systems engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954, a master's degree in international affairs from The George Washington University in 1965, and graduated from the U.S. Army War College in 1965, and attended the six-week Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School in 1968.[2] Air force careerMartin completed flight training in November 1950 and was assigned successively to the Air Training Command at Perrin Air Force Base (AFB), Texas.[3] General Martin was appointed deputy for reentry systems for the Space and Missile Systems Organization, at Norton Air Force Base, in August 1970, and became deputy for Minuteman, SAMSO, in August 1971. He returned to the Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in January 1974 for duty as the B-1 system program director.[2] Defense Mapping AgencyLieutenant General Martin assumed his position as director of the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) in September 1977 as the third director of the agency, succeeding Shannon D. Cramer.[2] As director of the Defense Mapping Agency from September 1977 to June 1979, Lt. Gen. Abner Martin responded to the growing demands for digital geographic data required by new aircraft simulators and the strategic and tactical variants of the cruise missiles. During his tenure, DMA production processes moved rapidly to provide world coverage of digital data for weapon deployment.[4] He retired on July 1, 1979.[3] DeathMartin died on August 11, 2011. He was 84 years old at the time of death. The cause of death was Alzheimer's Disease. He was buried with military honors at Fairforest Baptist Church on August 16, 2011.[1] AccoladesLieutenant General Martin was a command pilot who wore the Master Missileman Badge. His military decorations and awards include:[3][4]
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/spartanburg/obituary.aspx?n=abner-broadwater-martin&pid=153152380|title=Abner Broadwater Martin's Obituary on Spartanburg Herald-Journal|website=Spartanburg Herald-Journal}} {{s-start}}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef|before=Shannon D. Cramer}}{{s-ttl|title=Director of the Defense Mapping Agency|years=September 1977 – June 1979}}{{s-aft|after=William L. Nicholson}}{{s-end}}{{NGA leaders}}{{Portal bar|Biography|Government of the United States|Intelligence|United States Air Force}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Abner B.}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106235/lieutenant-general-abner-b-martin/|title=LIEUTENANT GENERAL ABNER B. MARTIN > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display|website=www.af.mil}}{{PD-notice}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/agency/nga/leaders.pdf|title=Historical Handbook of NGA Leaders|publisher=Office of Corporate Communications|website=Federation of American Scientists}}{{PD-notice}} 4. ^1 https://www.nga.mil/About/History/NGAinHistory/Pages/AbnerMartin.aspx{{PD-notice}} 9 : Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|1927 births|2011 deaths|United States Military Academy alumni|George Washington University alumni|United States Army War College alumni|Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program attendees |
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