FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Detrick, Maryland ~ 29 NOV 2016

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Detrick, Maryland

Fort Detrick is a United States Army Medical Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center of the US biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it has hosted most elements of the United States biological defense program.

As of the early 2010s, Fort Detrick's 1,200-acre campus supports a multi-governmental community that conducts biomedical research and development, medical materiel management, global medical communications and the study of foreign plant pathogens.

It is home to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), with its bio-defense agency, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). It also hosts the National Cancer Institute-Frederick (NCI-Frederick) and is home to the National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (NICBR)and National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC). Fort Detrick is the largest employer in Frederick County, Maryland.

Each branch of the U.S. military is represented among Fort Detrick’s 7,800 military, federal and contractor employees. Four cabinet-level agencies are represented by activities on the garrison: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The offices and laboratories include the Agriculture Department's Foreign Disease and Weed Science Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute, the Naval Medical Logistics Command and the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.

Currently under construction is a biotechnology campus that will house civilian and military research centers including units of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as well as USAMRIID.

Learn More About Fort Detrick HERE!!

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Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nice neighbor!!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO,

How are things going these days?

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am off for home and a heater on my feet!! It’s cold in my office!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

Still busy as a beaver these days? Hope you had a nice break for Thanksgiving at least.

[radu]

Howdy do, Conor. *Hugz*

How are you these days? Getting more pep back in your step, I hope.

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Did the big weather system give y’all any rain? We’re getting a bit of it tonight. YAY!

[SkyDancer]

Taking My First Flight As An F/O Wednesday.

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hope it hasn’t been too crazy a Monday at work.

[radu]

Bet you’re dancing as hard as Mr. Frog in your excitement!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Radu!

*HUGS*

Doing better, thanks - kind of worn out now from PT earlier today but making progress.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[radu]

Awesome! That’s the kind of news we like to hear.
Ok, maybe not the PT part. LOL! PT’s never fun.

[left that other site]

Good Evening Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Soaring Feather]

Howdy Lady! Are you keeping warm, cold here!

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

Hope to get my car back tomorrow, sheesh.

Although my neighbor has been nice enough to loan me his to run errands.

Not much else happening; kind of a disjointed weekend but I did get to hang out with son awhile yesterday.

'Sup with you?

[MoochPooch]

Hi Lauren (& Kathy).

Enjoying the “road trip”!

[radu]

Howdy, feathers.

Not cold here but boy, was it WINDY all day ahead of the storm front! 40 mph-plus. Now we’re getting some soaking rain and the wind’s died down.

Looks like some of the mess is heading your way. Hope it isn’t cold enough to give y’all another dumping of snow.

[radu]

Nice of your neighbor to let you use his car for errands but it’ll be nice to have your own car back. Hope they did a good job with the repairs!

Glad you got to spend some time with your son. Brightened up the weekend a bit.

Not so good a weekend here. I’ve been in a funk since Raivis disappeared. That’s why I stayed away for a couple of days. Coming out of it a bit now but I still miss that sweet lil guy.

Hearing rain pounding on our tin roof right now is uplifting, I do have to say. LOL

[radu]

Howdy, M-L.

You and Penny have a good day?

[PROCON]

Wow, you really wanted the rain!

You're a good kitteh-mom, do you think he'll come back?

[left that other site]

Yes indeed. I had a lesson to teach, but otherwise I just spent the day practicing my guitar and watching reruns of crime shows.

With my Babe Penny beside me.