FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Camp Navajo, Arizona ~ 23 JAN 2024

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Camp Navajo, Arizona

Camp Navajo was originally opened in 1942 in Bellemont, Arizona. It was originally designated Navajo Ordnance Depot, and its primary use was the storage of ammunition used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was renamed Navajo Army Depot in 1965, changed to Navajo Depot Activity in 1982, and then changed in 1993 to its current name.

In 1993 the Department of Defense transferred all ammunition activities to Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant in Nevada. Following the transfer, Camp Navajo remained federal land under the Department of the Army, overseen by the Arizona Army National Guard.

The Ordnance Operations and Industrial Park are managed by the Arizona Department of Emergency of Military Affairs (AZDEMA), and the military training mission remains managed by the Arizona Army National Guard. All authority is given through the Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers regarding engineering, design, and construction management processes for potential DoD and DoD type customers.

Units located on base include:

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Camp Navajo
362nd Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
819th Engineer Company (Sapper)
856th Military Police Company

Construction Facilities Management Office (CFMO) provides action and oversight for sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) work, including self-help by troop units and other State ARNG activities and tenants (including private sector entities) to ensure technical sufficiency and compliance with statutes, regulations, and the State’s Real Property Development Plan; is the sole source of work classification for all work accomplished on all State facilities.

Learn More About Camp Navajo HERE!!

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[PROCON]

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

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Camp Navajo, Arizona ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you left that other site!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

*HUGS*

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope there haven’t been too many monkey wrenches tossed into the cogs today.

BRRRRR!!! It’s REALLY cold up there today, even with the beautiful sunshine.

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

Did you manage to get through today with just rain and no frozen precip?

We’re FINALLY thawing out after a week in the deep freeze.

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi there radu!

*HUGS*

Rainy and drizzly all day, but no freezy stuff thank goodness!

Glad to hear you have thawed out a bit.

Spring will be nice for all of us, when it gets here, and that will happen soon enough!

Hope you have a pleasant week.

[laurenmarlowe]

"You know who" has taken over again, need to go find a distraction. Be back soon!

[radu]

Good! Freezy stuff can ruin one’s day. Rain is good for growing things.

My grass is all brown, now that I can see some of it again after being covered with snow for a week. But it’s getting watered as the snow melts and there’s a lot more rain coming this week.

I’m ready for Spring. Been ready since at least November. LOL

[radu]

LOL! Kitteh looks content.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...climbed out of the cold now?

[PROCON]

Hiya Kathy!

Yeah, our temps are back to 'normal' so more bearable for getting out and around.

[The Mayor]

January 23

Scraps to Beauty

Bible in a Year :

• Exodus 7–8
• Matthew 15:1–20

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.

Micah 4:3

My wife, Miska, has a necklace and hoop earrings from Ethiopia. Their elegant simplicity reveals genuine artistry. What’s most astounding about these pieces, however, is their story. Due to decades of fierce conflict and a civil war that rages on, Ethiopia’s geography is littered with spent artillery shells and cartridges. As an act of hope, Ethiopians scour the torched earth, cleaning up the scraps. And artisans craft jewelry out of what remains of the shells and cartridges.

When I heard this story, I heard echoes of Micah boldly declaring God’s promise. One day, the prophet announced, the people would “beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (4:3). Tools meant to kill and maim would, because of God’s powerful action, be transformed into tools meant to nurture life. In God’s coming day, the prophet insisted, “nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore” (v. 3).

Micah’s pronouncement was no harder to imagine in his day than ours. Like Israel of old, we face violence and war, and it seems impossible that the world could ever change. But God promises us that by His mercy and healing, this astounding day is coming. The thing for us, then, is to begin to live this truth now. God helps us to take on His work even now, turning scraps into beautiful things. .

Reflect & Pray

Where have you seen evil transformed by God’s love? How can you turn scraps into beauty?

Dear God, please change our world. Work through me to bring beauty here.

Learn how to trust God when the world is mess

[ExTexasRedhead]

The Real History Behind the ‘Masters of the Air’ Bombing Campaigns in WW2

During the Second World War a storm of fire and steel was unleashed. Not just on front line troops, but on enemy society itself. All sides in the Second World War believed that aerial bombardment could decisively affect the strategic outcome of the conflict. But did the unprecedented onslaught from the air actually work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLPnx39QX1k

Comments below the video:

“Every time I see stuff about those fellows that fought those things, makes me glad I grew up to be Infantry. Nope. Better to have a hole in the ground. One can’t hide from incoming up there. I was a US Army Ranger and people said I was crazy, those guys were crazy...... crazy brave. Cheers from Tennessee.”

“My uncle served in the US occupation force in Germany. His division placed a billboard in the center of the devastated city at the center of its zone of operations. It read “Give me a dozen years and you will not recognize Germany - Adolf Hitler” Uncle Artie said that was the one and only time he completely agreed with the German dictator. Germany must have been unrecognizable.”

[luvie]

Great Road Trip, lauren! Thanks!