FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Meade, Maryland ~ 22 October 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Meade, Maryland

Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, the Defense Courier Service, Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and the U.S. Navy's Cryptologic Warfare Group Six.

It is named for George G. Meade, a Union General from the U.S. Civil War, who served as commander of the Army of the Potomac. The fort's smaller census-designated place includes support facilities such as schools, housing, and the offices of the Military Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program (MICECP).

Fort Meade became an active Army installation in 1917. Authorized by an Act of Congress in May 1917, it was one of 16 cantonments built for troops drafted for the war with the Central Powers in Europe. The present Maryland site was selected June 23, 1917 because of its close proximity to the railroad, Baltimore port and Washington D.C.

The cost for construction was $18 million and the land sold for $37 per acre in 1917. The Post was originally named Camp Meade for Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade, whose victory at the Battle of Gettysburg proved a major factor in turning the tide of the Civil War in favor of the North.

The consolidation of the Defense Information School and the Defense Visual Information School in fiscal 1996 and further consolidation with the Defense Photography School in fiscal 1998 created a single focal point in the Department of Defense for these specialties fields.

Advancements in information technology and recent base realignment and closure initiatives have contributed to the evolution of the school. The result is a single school proud of its historical roots and dedicated to serving the diverse requirements for public affairs, broadcasting and visual information.

Fort Meade is used as a storage facility for the United States Library of Congress.

In 1994, a 100 acres site located in the U.S. Army Base at Fort Meade, MD was transferred to the U.S. Congress to provide additional storage capacity for the Library of Congress and other legislative bodies. The current master plan includes the land to construct up to 13 Phased Storage Modules for collections, if this number is needed.

The state-of-the art Storage Modules are being built to store, preserve and protect the Library's collections. Collections include books and bound periodicals as well as special format collections, such as maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sheet music, and microfilm masters. If needed and constructed, the 13 collections storage modules will provide a total of 180,600 gross sq ft of archival storage space for the Library's collections.

Learn More About Fort Meade HERE!!

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[The Mayor]

October 22

Transformed from the Inside

Bible in a Year :

• Isaiah 65-66
• 1 Timothy 2

You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:25

In the worst UK residential fire since World War II, fire engulfed the twenty-four story Grenfell Tower building in West London, claiming the lives of seventy people. Investigations revealed a primary reason the flames spread so quickly was the cladding used as part of renovation that covered the building’s exterior. The material was aluminum on the outside but had an extremely flammable plastic core.

How was such a dangerous material allowed to be sold and installed? The product’s sellers failed to disclose poor fire safety test results. And buyers, drawn by the material’s cheap price tag, failed to heed warning signs. The shiny cladding looked nice on the outside.

Some of Jesus’ harshest words were directed at religious teachers He accused of covering corruption behind a nice-looking exterior. He said they were like “whitewashed tombs”—“beautiful on the outside” but inside full of dead bones (Matthew 23:27). Instead of pursuing “justice, mercy and faithfulness” (v. 23), they were focused on looking good—cleaning “the outside of the cup” but not the “greed and self-indulgence” inside (v. 25).

It’s easier to focus on looking good than to bring our sin and brokenness honestly before God. But a nice-looking exterior doesn’t make a corrupt heart any less dangerous. God invites us to let Him transform all of us from the inside (1 John 1:9).

Reflect & Pray

When have you tried to disguise corruption? How can you prioritize internal change?

Gracious God, please help me not to hide my brokenness but let You transform all of me.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, Lets Go!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[jmacusa]

Hello Kathy how have you been?

Thank you for all you do for our troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her.
She is finishing up her working road trip.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Fort Meade, Maryland ~

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[PROCON]

Hiya radu, sorry again I missed you last night.

But nothing really happened over the weekend. I actually prefer weekdays where there's usually less people out and about so I can get my errands done quickly.

And our weather has turned cooler after a real nice & warm October but the cool feels good.

How are things going with you and the kittehs?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...did you have a great voting day?

It’s been windy, and REALLY windy, all day today. And it looks like it is sprinkling now.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.
I hope it isn’t a zoo day.

Crazy up there by the airports and I assume the rest of the city. It went from dead calm to VERY windy in the blink of an eye. It’s wild watching the ice on Lake Hood melt and the wind pushing areas of ice around the lake.
Just glad it isn’t here. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro....did you have an uneventful Monday?

[radu]

So you did have a lazy weekend. Good. Best way to do weekends ...... unless you pick a Saturday for some shoot-’em-up fun. LOL

Seems like we’re flip-flopping with weather. You were cool for a while and we were roasting. Then you warmed up and we were wearing jackets. Now you’re cool again and we’re in t-shirts. Strange autumn this year.

Things are going well enough here. Just praying for much-needed rain.
Keeping busy the rest of the month with early voting. Nice to have something to do.

Had a couple of health issues with Lake and Jasper last week but they’re both doing well now. Everyone else is sassy as ever. LOL All is well with them and I hope it stays that way.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you had a nice day. Getting chilly?

Nights are getting below freezing, but warming up in the daytime.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, jmacusa...today I finally have had no internet outages. They started Friday before quitting time and continued thru yesterday. Today is good, knock on wood.

Winter is coming. Hope you are enjoying fall.

[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yes, it was another busy, fun day with early voters - - for us anyway. The dems hardly have anyone stop by their tent (imagine that!) but we have a lot. Many are regulars who stop by to chat every time we’re set up. Then we have a lot of transplants who stop by with questions about the candidates that we answer as best we can. We have a great time with everyone.

It sure HAS been windy up there today. The cam is wiggling and I had to turn the speakers way down because the wind was so loud on the mic. The big spruce on the museum property is dancin’ a jig right now.
And it’s raining a decent clip. Maybe by now it’s moved over towards your neighborhood. Gotta say I’m jealous. LOL

[PROCON]

Hiya Kathy, a good Monday my way, weather is really starting to cool off, which is welcome!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...any idea where you will be ubering next?