FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland ~ 03 NOV 2009

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Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States Naval Air Station located in St. Mary's County on Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River. It is home to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and serves a center for test and evaluation and systems acquisition relating to Naval Aviation. Commissioned on 1 April 1943 on land largely acquired through eminent domain, the air station grew rapidly in response to World War II.

The base became a center for testing as several facilities were constructed throughout the 1950s and 1960s; including the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (1958), the Weapons Systems Test Division (1960), and the Propulsion System Evaluation Facility.

This is also the testing facility for the V-22 Osprey. Since the end of the Cold War, the Navy's Base Realignment and Closure measures have migrated research and testing facilities for both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft to NAS Patuxent River from decommissioned bases. The complex now hosts over 17,000 people, including active-duty service members, civil-service employees, defense contractor employees, and military dependents.
 

Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River was commissioned April 1, 1943, in an effort to centralize widely dispersed air testing facilities established during the pre-World War II years.

Spurred on by the events of World War II, the consolidation effort was swift, and farming operations at Cedar Point, Maryland were replaced by flight test operations within a year after ground was broken in 1942.

The Naval Air Test Center was established as a separate entity on June 16, 1945, organizationally dividing the test and support functions. During World War II, hundreds of combat experienced pilots arrived here to test airplanes. Formalized classroom instruction started in 1948 with the establishment of a Test Pilot Training Division.

Learn More About The History Of NAS Patuxent River HERE!

The Patuxent River Naval Air Station Complex stretches across 25 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River, overlooking the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, 65 miles southeast of Washington DC and 90 miles south of Baltimore. The Complex supports naval aviation operations by researching, developing, testing and evaluating aircraft, aircraft components and related products. NAS Patuxent River’s mission is to support the Navy by providing the warfighter with technologies that deliver dominant combat effects and matchless capabilities.

NAWC Patuxent River continues to serve as the Navy's principal research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and fleet support activity for naval aircraft, engines, avionics, aircraft support systems and ship/shore/air operations.

 In addition the installation hosts the Navy Test Pilot School, and both NAS Patuxent River and the nearby OLF Webster host Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, all of which regularly use the installation's airspace complex. An additional mission is the detachment of the very high priority TACAMO mission (VQ-4 Det).

The Patuxent River Complex has been affected by the 1991, 1993, and 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) decisions to relocate Naval Aviation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) facilities from Warminster, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey and Naval Air Systems headquarters from Arlington, Virginia to the Complex. These realignments and consolidation of their assets positioned NAWCAD to carry out its mission as the Navy's principal RDT&E, engineering, and fleet support activity for Naval fixed and rotary wing aircraft and associated systems from acquisition through all life cycle phases.

Learn More About NAS Patuxent River HERE!

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will soon re-open in its new location at the intersection of Route 235 and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, Maryland. The new site of the Museum is adjacent to Gate 1 of the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division. The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is the only Museum in the U.S.A. dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of Naval Aircraft. The Museum is supported jointly by the Navy, the State of Maryland, St. Mary's County and the Naval Aviation community and the local community.

Visit The Patuxent River Naval Air Musem HERE!

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[MS.BEHAVIN]

Of course you can!
You just close the stove down and put it on “bake”, and it will burn all night.
It’s contained in the stove, after all!

[luvie]

It sounds so cozy, I think I'll take
you up on it, though it's 62* here! LOL!
((((hugs))))

[mylife]

Oh, OK.

Just want you to be safe OK?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
You’d take me up on it if you were here!
29 tonight.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Thank you..
You’re da best!
No worries!
Been using that stove for almost 25 years..
(did I really say that?)
LOL

[luvie]

Durn tootin’ I would! LOL!

Even if it were 70! You know how cold-natured I am! :D

[mylife]

Hmmm... that stove needs a pot o beans on it

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Yeah, it does!
Now THAT, I would not leave on the stove and go to sleep.
Maybe this weekend I’ll make some!

[AZamericonnie]

Sweet dreams Lauren & thanks again.

My goodness Miss Addy is changing & lovely!

I can’t help but notice that lovely bed of impatients in the background. I so wish they would grow here!

[NYTexan]

I don't know who Ms.B. thinks she's foolin', she ain't useing all those pans...

She ain't tall enough ta reach 'em!

(and I'm pert sure LUV got rid of all her cookware decades ago...)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
Yeah, I do!
Years ago, I had a one room log cabin with a sleeping loft, and that stove was my ONLY source of heat.
In winter, was like July upstairs, and December downstairs.
I used to open the oven door and warm my tootsies in there!

[AZamericonnie]

Awwww.....feels good to stretch!:)

So....who ya rootin’ for Bigs? The Yanks?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

BB!
LBH!
That’s where Mr B comes in..
He gets the pans down for me!
LOL

[mylife]

No. Dont leave that on the stove unlees you wand a new beanpot LoL Here is mine

[mylife]

LoL! you best be ducking!

[AZamericonnie]

She ain't tall enough ta reach 'em!

That's what you tall guys are for & bless ya for it:)

and I'm pert sure LUV got rid of all her cookware decades ago

Perhaps Mr Luv utilizes it now ?

Your too fun Tex! *hugs*

[The Mayor]

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November 3, 2009

Helped By Fear

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READ: Proverbs 9:1-12

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. —Proverbs 9:10

Fear means different things to different people. To professional golfer Padraig Harrington, it is a motivator to help him perform his very best. In 2008, when he won both the British Open and the PGA Championship, Harrington said, “Yes, fear is a big part of me. I’d like to say that I have all the trust and patience and I’m relaxed. No, that’s not my makeup. [Fear] pushes me on. Keeps me getting to the gym. I have to work with it and use it.”

Maybe it’s the fear of failure, or the fear of losing his edge, but Harrington finds fear to be a useful thing in his professional life.

The follower of Christ can also be helped by fear. We are challenged in the Scriptures to a reverential fear of God, which is the best type of fear that there is. It causes us to be concerned about disobeying Him or living in opposition to His ways. It’s being in awe of our great God, bowing to His perfect will, and seeking His wisdom for living. To that end, the proverb declares, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Prov. 9:10).

By fearing God rightly, we can live wisely in an uncertain world.

God dwells in light and holiness,
In splendor and in might;
And godly fear of His great power
Can help us do what’s right. —D. De Haan

Fear God, and you’ll have nothing else to fear.

Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 30-31; Philemon

[mylife]

Hiya Connie!

[luvie]

I have a beautiful impatients in a basket on my front porch...it’s bloomin’ like it’s still summer! LOL!

Addy is a real cutie. I would love to meet her...and her parents!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Hiya Kitten!