FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico ~ 21 JAN 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

White Sands Missile Range is a rocket range of almost 3,200 square miles area, the largest military installation in the United States. WSMR includes the Oscura Range and the WSMR Otera Mesa bombing range. WSMR and the 600,000-acre Fort Bliss Range Complex to the south form a contiguous swath of territory for military testing.

White Sands Missile Range is a Test and Evaluation Command Installation operated primarily for the support of research, development, test, and evaluation of weapon and space systems, subsystems, and components.

WSMR, established in 1945, is the largest all-overland test range in the Western Hemisphere, and is the Department of the Army's largest installation, covering approximately 2.2 million acres. With the addition of several extension areas, the range can be expanded to nearly four million acres for certain types of testing. WSMR is bordered by Fort Bliss to the south and by Holloman Air Force Base to the west.

White Sands is poised to meet the many challenges that 21st century technological advancements, acquisition reform, and force transformation will present to the Acquisition Test and Evaluation community, private industry, and research laboratories (both domestic and international).

White Sands is leading the way for distributed testing of Joint capabilities. They are focusing on integrating complex Joint capabilities into a cohesive environment that will merge live and simulated operations across many geographically-separated test ranges. White Sands continues to offer a world class Range Control facility, state of the art launch complexes, and extensive environmental test facilities and laboratories.

Learn More About White Sands Missile Range And The Army Garrison HERE!!

White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation was organized to support the White Sands Missile Range Museum and to raise money for a permanent museum to collect and exhibit the artifacts necessary to memorialize the events, and the participants, both individual and organizational who have contributed to the outstanding achievements at White Sands Missile Range.

At the White Sands Missile Range Museum you can trace the origin of America's missile and space activity, find out how the atomic age began and learn about the accomplishments of scientists like Dr. Wernher von Braun and Dr. Clyde Tombaugh at White Sands. Displays also include the prehistoric cultures and the rip-roaring Old West found in southern New Mexico. Pictured Above is Missile Park.

Visit The White Sands Missile Range Museum HERE!!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, yarddog...interesting information. Thanks. ((HUGS))

Elmendorf AFB here in Anchorage has F-22s as well. No clue how many.

[Kathy in Alaska]

More melting...and more ice.

You are REALLY warming up.

[Jet Jaguar]

Yep.

It has been nice here!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Enjoy it while you can. I can’t imagine winter not coming again.

My only issue is the ice.

[Jet Jaguar]

It will be back.

Hopefully it will not last into late May like last season.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’m with Connie...it’s a stunning picture.

Keeping busy, HJ? d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

a very pleasant good morning to everyone at the canteen and to all our military at helm and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country................................ Our Internet is down at the moment. Our ISP is doing manta nance work on their Internet servers. I’m sending the message from an iPad my family got me for Christmas. It has AT&T wifi with it..................hopefully we will get our Internet back soon. Thanks for this mornings thread, Lauren ((hugs)) to everyone here.

[E.G.C.]

a very pleasant good morning to everyone at the canteen and to all our military at helm and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country................................ Our Internet is down at the moment. Our ISP is doing manta nance work on their Internet servers. I’m sending the message from an iPad my family got me for Christmas. It has AT&T wifi with it..................hopefully we will get our Internet back soon. Thanks for this mornings thread, Lauren ((hugs)) to everyone here.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Kathy!

*HUGS*

On my way out the sally-port!

I hope you're having a restful night!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Morning To Our Valiant Troops, To Our Vets, To Our Families, Our FRiends, Our Allies And To All Canteen Denizens!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe, especially those in combat!


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GOOD MORNING!
Some People Wake Up, Stretch and Enjoy Freedom -
Some People Wake Up, Stretch and Defend It!

May The Lord Protect And Uphold Our Troops In Their Vital Mission!

May He Keep Safe Their Families During Their Time Of Separation!

May He Preserve And Uphold The American Nation In This Time Of Adversity!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

ROAD TRIP

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our

AWESOME

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

Ahhh...warm weather. But can't go...got to keep home fires burning.
It's going to be COLD tonight and tomorrow.

Well, just abut everything is closed today.
And as bad as it might be here,
I know it's mild compared to our northern neighbors.

So, I'm guessing since we are getting the frigid weather
tonight and for the next 3 days,
AK must be having a heat wave?

Gonna make my rounds.
Please stay right where you are.
But keep the Canteen clean
otherwise you know how Ma gets

So, come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea
pancakes, conversation,
silliness, and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale
of our military and our allied military
and the family members of the above
Honoring those who have served before.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 43º this morning with 24 predicted for tomorrow morning.

[E.G.C.]

((Hugs)) Good morning, Beach. Our Internet is still down and I’m on my iPad with an AT&T wifi sending messages. How’s it going for you this morning?

[PROCON]

Morning Beachie!!

The weather is so bad you're not working today? Wow.

We've been socked in with fog for weeks although the sun did break out a bit yesterday.

I had a nice restful 3 day weekend, and the Seahawks won too, Woo-Hoo!

Have a grandocious day and stay warm!

[beachn4fun]

Good morning Pro ((HUGS))

The snow hasn’t arrived yet, but as the predictions are that the heaviest will hit around noon, everything closed down for the day; plus allows for trucks to do their job.

I thought of you when I saw the Seahawks win. But I have to tell you I love Peyton and will be rooting for Denver.

Have a grandlicious day.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning EG ((HUGS))

All is well here, waiting for the snow.

What happened to your interntet?

[E.G.C.]

Well, guess what folks. The internet just came back on. I’ve put away the wi-fi for now.