FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia ~ 13 APR 2021

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Marine Corps Logostics Base Albany, Georgia

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany is a United States Marine Corps base located just outside Albany, Georgia. The primary mission of the units on the base is to rebuild and repair ground combat and combat support equipment and to support installations on the East Coast of the United States. Today one of MCLB Albany’s most important facilities is the Marine Corps Logistics Command's Maintenance Center.

Albany was chosen as the site for the logistics base after a two-year search in the early 1950s for a level area convenient to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and serviced by road and rail. Albany was also attractive for its inland location, well away from the possibility of saltwater corrosion of the stored equipment, and its adequate workforce.

In a landmark ceremony, Sept. 23, 2011, base and local officials flipped the switch on a $20 million generator plant that produces 1.9 megawatts of renewable electric power and steam by burning landfill gas collected from a nearby landfill.

The new green technology is the first of its kind within the Department of the Navy. The process recovers methane gas from the neighboring landfill and converts it into energy and steam to help power the Marine Depot Maintenance Command.

Preserving the environment and the wildlife in and around the base has been a priority since the early planning phases of the facility. Colonel A.E. Dubber, the officer who chose the Albany site, insisted early on that he wanted no wildlife disturbed unnecessarily and that as many trees as possible should be saved. Because of his policies the base is lined with pecan orchards and rows of oaks. The so-called Dubber Oak, upon which the base was aligned during construction, still stands near the main gate.

In 1973 more than 200 Indian artifacts were discovered on the base. Arrowheads, flint knives, scrapers, and other ancient tools estimated to be more than 8,000 years old were unearthed by archaeologists. Their presence suggests that the area may have been a trading or supply post for Native Americans.

Learn More About Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany HERE!!

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[The Mayor]

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April 13

The Frosting of Faith

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 22–24
• Luke 12:1–31

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

2 Timothy 1:5 Hand in hand, my grandson and I skipped across the parking lot to find a special back-to-school outfit. A preschooler now, he was excited about everything, and I was determined to ignite his happiness into joy. I’d just seen a coffee mug with the inscription, “Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.” Frosting equals fun, glitter, joy! That’s my job description as his grandma, right? That . . . and more.

In his second letter to his spiritual son Timothy, Paul calls out his sincere faith—and then credits its lineage both to Timothy’s grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice (2 Timothy 1:5). These women lived out their faith in such a way that Timothy also came to believe in Jesus. Surely, Lois and Eunice loved Timothy and provided for his needs. But clearly, they did more. Paul points to the faith living in them as the source of the faith later living in Timothy.

My job as a grandmother includes the “frosting” moment of a back-to-school outfit. But even more, I’m called to the frosting moments when I share my faith: Bowing our heads over chicken nuggets. Noticing angelic cloud formations in the sky as God’s works of art. Chirping along with a song about Jesus on the radio. Let’s be wooed by the example of moms and grandmas like Eunice and Lois to let our faith become the frosting in life so others will want what we have.

Reflect & Pray

How have you been influenced by the faith of others? How are you living out your faith so that others might be influenced?

Dear God, help me to invest my time in living out my faith before others.

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[real saxophonist]

MCLB Albany used to have a drum & bugle corps, then it was converted to a band, then it was deactivated.

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[real saxophonist]

That’s also where Parris Island has evacuated to during a couple of hurricanes.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you Mayor!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you left that other site!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you PROCON!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Biggirl!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening real saxophonist!

I had read that, a whole lot of them had to move there during two hurricanes, for several weeks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia ~

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Hi Kathy!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Besides Monday being Monday, hope your Monday went well.

Mine is having its ups and downs.

[SkyDancer]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you had better weather today. Penny enjoying her “spring” porch?

Mostly overcast here, with spurts of sun, but...maybe above freezing for 24 hours in a row. MELTING!!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

Great road trip, lauren!
Gotta love our Marines!
HOOO-rah!