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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: U. S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado ~ 11 AUG 2020
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 08/10/2020 5:55:35 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: U. S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado

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The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a chemical weapons storage site located in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The Pueblo Chemical Depot is one of the last two sites in the United States with chemical munitions and chemical material.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) which is under the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) program is currently destroying its stockpile of 155mm and 105mm artillery shells and 4.2-inch mortars, all of which contain a form of the chemical agent mustard.

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The depot houses 2,613 tons (2,369 metric tons) of mustard agent in approximately 780,000 munitions, equivalent to about seven percent of the original chemical material stockpile of the United States. Destruction operations began at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in spring with full-scale operations beginning later in 2016. Destruction of all munitions is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2023.

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Sulfur agent is destroyed through neutralization and biotreatment. Energetic components are first removed through robotics and disposed. The weapon body is then robotically accessed to wash out the sulfur agent using water at a high pressure.

The sulfur agent is neutralized with caustic solution and hot water producing a byproduct of hydrolysate. Biotreatement occurs when the hydrolysate is further broken down with microbes, producing biosludge and water. Biosludge is filtered and sent to a disposal facility.

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The plant will operate until all the chemical weapons have been destroyed. Closure activities (shut-down, dismantling, and restoration of site) are slated to be wrapped up by 2023.

PuebloPlex will head the redevelopment of Pueblo Chemical Depot. Once the mustard agent has been treated and environmental restoration is complete, the depot will be transferred to the community with possibilities of solar farming to contribute energy to the military complex in Colorado Springs, Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases.

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Learn More About U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot HERE!!

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To: laurenmarlowe; y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; ...

Howdy dooooo, Early Birds!
Those Army guys are mighty tough, huh!
We salute them!
Hope y'all have a Terrific Tuesday!
Gonna be another scorcher here. Ho-hum...
(((hugs)))

41 posted on 08/11/2020 10:00:22 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: left that other site

Yep, they’re there, as well as French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa.

It has dotted lines between places, telling the distance between them - example: Honolulu to San Francisco 2408 miles.
One neat line gives me more of a ballpark figure on the age. It says Graf Zeppelin World Flight 1929.

My guess is the globe was used by Hubby’s dad, his aunt Clara, and their two other siblings based on the age of the globe.

It’s a cool little thing.


42 posted on 08/11/2020 1:58:08 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: left that other site

A pretty little clock, isn’t it? I think I still have brass cleaner at the other house and if so, I might clean the clock tonight. My back needs a break from digging through that mess in the attic room. I can barely walk today. Sux gettin’ old. *sigh*


43 posted on 08/11/2020 2:05:09 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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Sux gettin’ old. *sigh*

I hear ya.
44 posted on 08/11/2020 2:24:31 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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