FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Dugway Proving Ground, Utah ~ 12 MAR 2019

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Road Trip: Dugway Proving Ground, Utah

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a U.S. Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and 13 miles south of the 2,624 sq mi Utah Test and Training Range forming the largest overland special use airspace in the United States.

Dugway's mission is to test United States and Allied biological and chemical weapon defense systems in a secure and isolated environment. DPG also serves as a facility for US Army Reserve and US National Guard maneuver training, and US Air Force flight tests—mostly from nearby Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield.

DPG is controlled by the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). The area has also been used by Army special forces for training in preparation for deployments to the War in Afghanistan.

Activities included aerial nerve agent testing. According to reports from New Scientist, Dugway was still producing quantities of anthrax spores as late as 2015, more than four decades after the United States renounced biological weapons, and shipping the material to military bases and military contractors around the globe.

The transcontinental Lincoln Highway passed through the present site of the Dugway Proving Ground, and is the only section of the old highway closed to the public. At least one old wooden bridge over a creek still stands. The name Dugway comes from a technique of digging a trench into a hillside to create a flat surface along which a wagon can travel.

Learn More About Dugway Proving Ground HERE!!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Hello there left that other site!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you ExTexasRedhead!

Thank you, wonderful videos!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy there Mayor!

My gosh how we are so glad to see you here!!

Prayers are with you always, and we lift you up for His Blessings!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Hello friend!

*HUGS*

[radu]

It’s a rare occurrence! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...still needing a boat?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Gary Sinise is the Bob Hope of our time! God bless him.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you are having a lot of melting going on. I’ll bet Penny REALLY doesn’t like the wet paws weather.

[luvie]

Hi, there! (((hugs)))

Is your busy season over for a while? Hope you will be able to take a break and see the kids or something fun.

[minnesota_bound]

From the photos I see that the chemical weapons they have really make the grass green out there in the desert.....

[radu]

I gather you were there for a time. Considering what they do there, I can see where it wouldn’t be ideal. Being a civilian, it kinda creeps me out.
But I also see the necessity and am grateful for the folks willing to do it.

Being from a lush, green area of the country, I also see where being in the middle of the desert would be blech! :-)

[radu]

Being busy can be a good thing. Better than having nothing to do! LOL

[radu]

LOL! Yep, pretty much! We had a little more rain this morning that hadn’t been predicted and certainly wasn’t needed. I know we have more coming in later this week. *sigh*

Are things as crazy as you expected them to be today or have you been slightly pleasantly surprised?

[radu]

Yes, he is. It’s wonderful to see the beaming faces of those whose lives he affects with his efforts.

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Did you ever get more than a sprinkling of rain?
We got a couple tenths this morning that we didn’t expect and didn’t need. Sure wish we could send it to you! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just as crazy....looks like Mondays are going to be as crazy as Tuesdays...*sigh*

[radu]

Well that stinks.

Early retirement probably looks better all the time. :-)

[The Mayor]

Yes, taking it slow believe me!

[The Mayor]

Thank you, so happy to be back here, missed these posts everyday.
Thank you!!

[luvie]

Nope. Just a sprinkling. We had a 70% chance of rain today and there wasn’t enough to even measure. Depressing.

I’m glad you didn’t get so much. You totally don’t need it for a while! Did you take a break from cleaning tonight?