FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ~ 31 JAN 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), the Army's oldest active proving ground, is one of the world's foremost research, development, testing, and training facilities for military weapons and equipment. It is bounded by the Susquehanna and Gunpowder Rivers, the Chesapeake Bay, and the AMTRAK Railroad.

The Installation occupies more than 72,500 acres in Harford County. Notable for its convergence of talents and abilities, APG encompasses more than 60 different tenant activities representing every facet of technology.

Aberdeen Proving Ground is home to 9 major commands and supports 70 tenants, 20 satellite and 17 private activities.  The installation provides facilities to perform research, development, testing and evaluation of Army materiel. Facilities include laboratories for research investigations, state-of-the-art ranges, engineering test courses for wheeled and tracked vehicles and a wide variety of research.

  The installation also supports a wide variety of training, including mechanical maintenance, health promotion and preventive medicine, chemical and biological defense, and chemical casualty care, chemical demilitarization.  APG also is host National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve operations and training.

APG’s facilities include nearly 15 million square feet of building space in more than 2,000 buildings (including offices, administrative and training facilities, and warehouses, barracks and family housing). There are more than 40 miles of track, nearly 200 firing positions, 8 medical research laboratories, 10 chemical laboratories, 2 physics laboratories, 5 human engineering laboratories, a materials research laboratory as well as Phillips Army Airfield and Weide Army Aviation Support Facility.

Learn More About Aberdeen Proving Ground HERE!

The United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, has one of the world's leading collections of military ordnance, ranging from small arms to 240 large armored vehicles, tanks and artillery pieces, some of the last survivors of their type.

The United States Army Ordnance Museum was established in 1919 to exhibit and preserve captured enemy materiel, and also certain United States ordnance materiel which had been shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for testing purposes. This exhibit served as a reservoir of information for the systematic study of various types of equipment which is always an important part of the program in the design of new weapons.

Visit The United States Ordnance Museum 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

 

 

[beachn4fun]

See? I told you that really happens.
LOL

[Arrowhead1952]

If you follow the TX message board, this year will be bad too according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

[luvie]

Hey, Beachy! (((hugs)))

Thanks...and hope you aren’t TOO over-worked today! :)

[luvie]

I don’t follow it, but probably should. I SURE don’t want to hear about things being bad again. I don’t know how we can bear more drought. :(

I guess as Texans we just get on with it!

[Arrowhead1952]

I see a lot of stories on the TX board that are not on the main board. Lots of gardening tips this time of the year too.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[ConorMacNessa]

Good afternoon, Luv!

HUGS*

How are you doing today?

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi, Army Bro! Great to see you today!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Mac...*HUGS*...glad you had a good PT session.

Almost my entire evening was spent on parental issues, problems, requests, computer things, and meds. My Dad always brings me his pill box for the week to make sure each day has the right stuff. Last night he said he ran out of one (we should have known a whole week ago that the bottle was almost empty)....I’m going to have to add this to my list of things to watch. He ran out of his blood pressure med, but fortunately, if he had to run out, this was the least essential to run out of...very low dose.

How was your drive in? Pain manageable? Still using your walker, if for nothing else than safety? My Mom just told me last night that my Dad fell outside, fortunately in the snow, but had to crawl to the fence to get up. A walker inside is on the horizon. Neither has very good balance now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...multiple parental issues to wrangle last night.

Hope you had a sunny day.

It is trying to snow here, with about an inch at my house over night....with more predicted.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)).. Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[wjcsux]

Good evening Kathy. LTG Boykin is a fantastic speaker and a true Patriot. I believe he would be a great candidate for your “Hall of Heroes” posts. LTG Gerald (Jerry) Boykin USA is the founder of Delta Force. He has continued to fight for America even in retirement.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And good evening to you, wjcsux. I’ve passed the suggestion on to StarCMC. He sounds like a hero we need to know more about.

[wjcsux]

LTG Boykin is definately the Warrior we need on our side for the times we are currently living in. I think both of you will be very impressed with his current and past accomplishments.