FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama ~ 30 September 2014

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama

Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum. Small sections of the post also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties.

The main post has entrances from three bordering cities, Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise. In the years before the September 11, 2001 attacks, the main post (except airfields and other restricted areas) was an open post with unmanned gates allowing civilians to drive through.

The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence is the dominant military facility at Fort Rucker. Training, doctrine, and testing are all key parts of the Center's mission to develop Army Aviation's capabilities. All Army Aviation training has been undertaken at Fort Rucker since 1973, as well as training of US Air Force and ally helicopter pilots.

 The Center is home to the US Army Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), which conducts developmental aircraft testing for Army Aviation. The United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command's Test and Evaluation Coordination Office and TH-67 primary and instrument training are both located at Cairns Army Airfield.

Operational units on the post include the 1st Aviation Brigade and the 110th Aviation Brigade handling Army Aviation training, and the USAF 23d Flying Training Squadron for the training of Air Force helicopter pilots. Additionally, due to the large number of Warrant Officers stationed there, the Warrant Officer Career Center and the Warrant Officer Candidate School are located at Fort Rucker.

Learn More About Fort Rucker HERE!

The United States Army Aviation Museum, located in South-central Alabama at Fort Rucker, maintains a collection of over 160 military aircraft, including one of the largest collections of military helicopters in the world. Public galleries represent the Army's involvement in aviation from the beginning days of the Wright brothers and early combat aircraft from World War I, to the highly technological machines flown by Army Aviators today.

Visit The United States Army Aviation Museum HERE!

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[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Swede Girl]

Ft. Rucker - the best place I ever lived.

[AZamericonnie]

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[yarddog]

I live fairly close to Ft. Rucker. This marine helo came over pretty low. Probably headed to Eglin or Pensacola but I bet it came from Ft. Rucker.

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you Lauren for this evenings road trip.

Hope your workload is diminishined & time with the grandchildren increased! *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

diminishined=diminished....sheessssh.:)

[PROCON]

Hiya Lauren and thanks for tonight's Canteen!

I served with some great pilots from Rucker in Vietnam. One great warrant officer saved us from a nasty crash. I live today because of his great training at Rucker, so I'm kinda loving on the Rucker pilots :-)

[gov_bean_ counter]

And 35 minutes east in Dothan you can get the best steak you will ever want...

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/127/899124/restaurant/Conestoga-Steak-House-Dothan

[Parley Baer]

Interesting. I visited Camp Rucker in Arizona.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama ~

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[yarddog]

I remember my Aunt mentioning that her Son got a job there, the one in Alabama.

In her words “He got on at Camp Rooker”.

[OldSmaj]

Ft. Rucker - the best place I ever lived.

I agree.

I lived there from Feb of '70 to Feb of '73, then again from March of '74 until Oct of '76.

Great place to raise a family.

I have returned many times to visit, most recently to attend a grad ceremony of the grandson of a good friend.

He finished RW training in June.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[yarddog]

Believe it or not there is a trailer park in Daleville, AL which has an interesting history.

Dan Quayle, George Bush Jr., and Al Gore have all lived there.

There is a shotgun house near Ozark, AL in which two U.S. Congressmen have lived.

[SandRat]

Good Post

[luvie]

Evenin’, Lauren! Good to see you in Alabama tonight! :)

Looking forward to seeing you for real in about 2 weeks. WOOHOO!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Swede Girl!!