FReeper Canteen ~ U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC ~ 02 AUGUST 2011

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C.

The United States Naval Research Laboratory is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps, and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for over 85 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

NRL was the first modern research institution created within the U.S. Navy. It began operations at 11:00 a.m. on July 2, 1923. The first step came in May 1915, a time when Americans were deeply worried about the great European war. Thomas Edison, when asked by a New York Times correspondent to comment on the conflict, argued that the Nation should look to science.

 "The Government" he proposed in a published interview, "should maintain a great research laboratory... In this could be developed... all the technique of military and naval progression without any vast expense." Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels seized the opportunity created by Edison's public comments to enlist Edison's support. He agreed to serve as the head of a new body of civilian experts - the Naval Consulting Board - to advise the Navy on science and technology.

Learn More About The History Of The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory HERE!

NRL operates as the Navy's full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies.

In 1992, the Secretary of the Navy consolidated existing Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Engineering facilities and Fleet Support facilities to form a corporate community. This community consists of a single corporate research laboratory (NRL) aligned with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and four warfare-oriented centers aligned by mission with the Systems Commands. The four centers are the Naval Air Warfare Center, the Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

As part of the consolidation, the Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, with locations in Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and Monterey, California, merged with NRL to become what is today, the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL, the Navy's single, integrated Corporate Laboratory, provides the Navy with a broad foundation of in-house expertise from scientific through advanced development activity.

Learn More About The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory HERE!

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a National War Memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors members of the U.S. Armed Forces who fought in the Vietnam War, and who died in service or are still Missing In Action.

The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the memorial.

The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is in Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. landscape architect Maya Lin. The typesetting was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia.

Visit The Vietnam Veterans Memorial HERE

Visit The Vietnam Women's Memorial HERE

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

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

 

 

[Arrowhead1952]

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[HiJinx]

Just wow...I guess we all have water woes of one kind or another...

We’re behind on our annual 12”, and this is the height of our rainy season. That’s what I get for living in the desert!

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[Arrowhead1952]

I think we have had less than 10” for the past 10 months. We normally get about 34 - 36” per year.

[beachn4fun]

woo hoo

was that fun for you?

hehe

[Arrowhead1952]

Well, my computer has been acting up, but no one else was trying.

[beachn4fun]

What we do out here would work, but would mean one massive amount of public works spending and the loss of private property.

Hmmm, well, maybe each landowner could do their own property?

[beachn4fun]

but no one else was trying.

Yeah, I saw that...not much fun when no one's around, is it? LOL

[Arrowhead1952]

I got that “Preview is already in effect. Hit post button to post your reply” or whatever several times.

[Arrowhead1952]

That new 78 inch line for a couple of cities east of Lake Travis is buried 12 or 15 feet underground. There is little above ground evidence it is even there now. Most doors are about 80” tall, so think of the amount of water it is sucking out on a daily basis.

The LCRA was going to send another 800 million gallons to San Antonio per year, but it wouldn’t have been able to do it with all the new growth here. We sure could use a pipeline that size to bring water to Texas.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, beachy...((HUGS))...safe drive home.

Busy, busy, busy day....but not frantic so far. d:o)

[luvie]

It’s funny you should say that. A customer from Washington and I agreed that a pipeline would be a great idea! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, blackie...((HUGS))...rain off and on all night and day. Welcomed.

Hope you and Barb and your furbabies are doing well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Western Phil. Thanks for the links. Very interesting reading.

Did the noise from the well drive you crazy, or did you get used to it?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening to you.

Hope you had a not too hot Tuesday, Meg...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon/evening, Mac...*HUGS*...on time and cruising to work...excellent! Hope coming home was just as on time.

[Western Phil]

I am wondering if the well was there when we took our trip as the fellow’s description of things does not ring a bell at all. We left port in Bayonne, New Jersey on LBJ’s inauguration day which would have been Jan. 20, 1965. As I recall, I got sort of sea sick as we crossed the calm waters of the bay, before we really got out to the ocean. A few days later during a storm, we lost power and since the Mizar had a round bottom (being an ice breaker) we rolled quite a bit. The technical people spent that time in our bunks. My boss, who prided himself on not getting sea sick, did so during this time. Strangely, I was not so affected. Probably due to the problem in the calm waters.

On a slightly different subject, the National Archives unfortunately destroyed a goodly percentage of NRL’s historicl records http://www.aip.org/history/newsletter/spr98/nrl-nara.htm

[beachn4fun]

[blackie]

Hi Kathy, it has been clear, dry and in the high 70’s and low 80’s.

The fuzzkids and us, love it!!