FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ~ 28 August 2018

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarle and the Canteen Crew

[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

 

 

[luvie]

Well, there is the shifting ground. LOL! But it’s so deliciously cool there.

I got the WOOHOO? Who knew. It was a complete STSF. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for the added information.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...we do have FRiends there. d:o)

[radu]

Think I'll leave the shifting ground to others and just stay put. It's mighty nice here overall.

Yep, ya got the 50 tonight.

It was a complete STSF.

You've gotten pretty good at it. LOL

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Were you able to get your mowing done yesterday?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...any sign of rain for you and the beans?

We are expecting several dry days, then more rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Tamatoa, and we thank you for your service to our country.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

I imagine you’re ready for a little break from the rain by now. You’ve had it for a few days. Need a little time to dry out.

They say we could have scattered showers tomorrow and chances for rain and storms Wed. through the weekend.
The beans really don’t need much more rain now as they’re about through growing. Leaves are starting to turn yellow now as the plants start to die. They’ll die and the beans will dry, and then it’ll be harvest time for them.

There’s a large field of corn down the road from us that’s being harvested now. He planted early this year.

[E.G.C.]

Got it done yesterday. Thankfully before it got hot. We’ll see how things go today.

[radu]

Very good. Now you’ll have the comfy part of the morning free tomorrow for time at the lake with Gizmo. :-)

[luvie]

Sometimes it’s good...sometimes not. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Today was awful...I am not a happy camper, haven’t touched the stuff I brought home, and almost didn’t even turn the computer on. I am thinking of just going to bed.

We still don’t even know how to do our own timecards. We are not a happy group, and the work just keeps piling up. Tomorrow is not going to be fun at all. *sigh*

[Pelham]

Haven’t been back there since I was 2 yrs old.

[radu]

Dang, sorry today was so bad. Why the heck doesn’t someone show up to help y’all understand that new system so y’all can work with it????????
Time for mutiny!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, NappyOne, and we thank you for your service to our country.

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Thanks, unique, for the chopper!!

Luv.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...hope you and Gizmo can make a run to the lake for some exploring.

You guys have a great Tuesday.

[Renegade]

Is the railroad cannon and V2 still yhere?

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