FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois ~ 26 AUG 2025

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois

Rock Island Arsenal is an active US Army facility located on a 946-acre island in the Mississippi River. In 1969, the arsenal was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1989, the original arsenal buildings were designated a National Historic Landmark.

Rock Island Arsenal is the United States' largest government owned and operated arsenal. The importance of the island was identified as early as 1809, when it was set aside as a federal military reservation by an Act of Congress.

The primary mission of the Rock Island Arsenal is to provide logistical and manufacturing support for the United States Armed Services. The Rock Island Arsenal is the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing facility in the United States and is home to the Army’s only active foundry and employs approximately 6,000 civilians and 250 military personnel in its current state of operations.

 The facility produces a range of military products including aircraft weapons sub-systems, weapons simulators, small arms, gun mounts, recoil mechanisms, artillery pieces, fighting vehicles and ordinance. Rock Island is also the only facility in the United States that builds assembles and distributes tool kits and sets support equipment in the field.

In addition to producing armaments for the United States Government the Rock Island Arsenal is home to several tenants. These include multiple Army offices and schools, The Army Corps of Engineers, Marine Corps Liaison offices and reserve units, Navy Liaison offices and reserve units, Air Force liaison offices and USAR Multifunction Support Command.

Learn More About Rock Island Arsenal HERE!!

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KEYWORDS: canteen; illinois; troopsupport

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[PROCON]

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

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you and thank you radu!

*HUGS*

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

How are things these days? A little less hectic?

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy PROCON!

[laurenmarlowe]

Yep, having an easy couple of weeks, thank goodness!

Busy Fall with lots of events, so happy to be loose right now, LOL!

The big plus is the cool front coming through this weekend. WOO HOO!

[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois ~

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[luvie]

I can hardly wait for that cool front to get here. I’d love if we’d have a “real” fall this year.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you luvie!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Indeed! Wouldn’t that be just wonderful.

[radu]

Good! Nice to get a little break! Sounds like you’d better make the best of it and rest as much as you can, what with the busy Fall schedule.

You’re getting some of this cooler weather too? Awesome! It feels REAL good here. I was a little chilly when I mowed this afternoon.

[radu]

Ah, you haven’t gotten your cool front yet? I thought what came through here over the weekend dipped down your way too.
You have something to look forward to. This is delightful!

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

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[Freedom4US]

You left out one of the coolest things of all

They have a museum there. It has all sorts of cool small arms. A must see. Now they probably closed it down during the China Lung Aids thing, but maybe it’s re-opened by now.

[luvie]

Glad to help out! :)

[luvie]

Howdy, Janey! Were you able to find some cool overhead air over the weekend? Hope it was a fun one!

[SkyDancer]

Hi Luvie, well yeah, cool upstairs but have to come down LOL. We had a good group of jumpers.

[luvie]

Nah, it wasn’t as hot as the 100s, but still pretty darn warm. Hoping for really nice temps when this thing actually drops into Texas. It’ll get cooler in the DFW area than here, though. Naturally. LOL!