FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Anniston Army Depot, Alabama ~ 07 OCT 2014

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Anniston Army Depot, Alabama

Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is a major United States Army facility fulfilling various depot operations. Primary missions are production and repair of ground combat vehicles, overhaul of Small Arms Weapon Systems and the storage of chemical weapons (Anniston Chemical Activity). The depot is located in Bynum, Alabama.

The depot employs over 5,000 people and covers 25 square miles of land. Tanks and other equipment are repaired and tested there, but historically Anniston's main role has been as a major munitions storage site, since WWII.

ANAD is the only depot capable of performing maintenance on heavy-tracked combat vehicles and their components and houses a state of the art 250,000 square foot Small Arms Overhaul facility that opened in January 2012 replacing a previous facility that was outdated.

 The depot is designated as the Center of Technical Excellence for the M1 Abrams Tank and is the designated candidate depot for the repair of the M60 Patton tank, AVLB, M728, M88 Recovery Vehicle and M551 combat vehicles. During the Iraq War, over 1,000 M1 tanks, howitzers and other armored vehicles were stored awaiting re-engineering.

ANAD is also the Army's primary site for final assembly, reset and overhaul for the Stryker family of wheeled fighting vehicles. All ten of the Stryker vehicle variants are assembled in the Nichols Industrial Park area by Contractor General Dynamics Land Systems.

Stryker Battle Damage Repair and Reset is accomplished through a work sharing arrangement between the depot and contractor, including a Stryker Exchange Program that converts the original flat bottomed Stryker vehicle to the IED-resistant Double V Hull configuration developed for combat operations in Afghanistan.

Learn More About Anniston Army Depot HERE!!

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[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo, Let's Get This Canteen Thread Off the Ground!

Let's Honor Our Brave Troops Serving Around the World!

The Boss agrees!

[Soaring Feather]

IN!!!!

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[PROCON]

Thanks and salutes Lauren for tonight's Canteen!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy howdy Ms. Feather!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Connie!

THIRD!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Anniston Army Depot, Alabama.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[PROCON]

Hiya Connie, (((HUGS))) OK, going into the rest mode.

[AZamericonnie]

So I guess fotki ate my graphics again!

[HiJinx]

Evenin’, Ms. Lauren! Looks like another great road trip for the Canteen Crew.

[PROCON]

Hiya Ma, it was nice chatting with you last night!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Connie, (((HUGS))) OK, going into the rest mode.

Did you at least eat a sammich first?

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you Lauren for this evening’s road trip! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

UP, UP, and away!!

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...packing coming along nicely?

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Anniston Army Depot, Alabama ~

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and the family members of the above.
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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Ms Feather...((HUGS))...is your porch still habitable? I wore shorts to the store yesterday, but that may be the last outside day with them. Cold knees!