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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ~ 29 DEC 2009
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 12/28/2009 6:00:08 PM PST by laurenmarlowe

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), the Army's oldest active proving ground, is one of the world's foremost research, development, testing, and training facilities for military weapons and equipment. It is bounded by the Susquehanna and Gunpowder Rivers, the Chesapeake Bay, and the AMTRAK Railroad.

The Installation occupies more than 72,500 acres in Harford County. Notable for its convergence of talents and abilities, APG encompasses more than 60 different tenant activities representing every facet of technology.

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) was established on the shores of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland’s Harford County in 1917 to provide the nation a site where Army materiel could be developed and tested.  At the same time, the Edgewood Arsenal was established nearby to provide a site for the development, production, and testing of chemical warfare materiel.  The two installations were officially joined as Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1971.

The Army had taken over 69,000 acres of land and water two months earlier. Sandy Hook, NJ and the Army’s proof and acceptance testing ground for ammunition and cannon since 1874 was being closed and the Chesapeake Bay site was selected as the best suited to carry the mission of testing field artillery. From this beginning, APG has grown and evolved into one of the most diversified military installations in the United States.

Aberdeen Proving Ground is home to 9 major commands and supports 70 tenants, 20 satellite and 17 private activities.  The installation provides facilities to perform research, development, testing and evaluation of Army materiel. Facilities include laboratories for research investigations, state-of-the-art ranges, engineering test courses for wheeled and tracked vehicles and a wide variety of research.

  The installation also supports a wide variety of training, including mechanical maintenance, health promotion and preventive medicine, chemical and biological defense, and chemical casualty care, chemical demilitarization.  APG also is host National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve operations and training.

APG’s facilities include nearly 15 million square feet of building space in more than 2,000 buildings (including offices, administrative and training facilities, and warehouses, barracks and family housing). There are more than 40 miles of track, nearly 200 firing positions, 8 medical research laboratories, 10 chemical laboratories, 2 physics laboratories, 5 human engineering laboratories, a materials research laboratory as well as Phillips Army Airfield and Weide Army Aviation Support Facility.

Learn More About Aberdeen Proving Ground HERE!

The United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, has one of the world's leading collections of military ordnance, ranging from small arms to 240 large armored vehicles, tanks and artillery pieces, some of the last survivors of their type.

The United States Army Ordnance Museum was established in 1919 to exhibit and preserve captured enemy materiel, and also certain United States ordnance materiel which had been shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for testing purposes. This exhibit served as a reservoir of information for the systematic study of various types of equipment which is always an important part of the program in the design of new weapons.

Visit The United States Ordnance Museum HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 



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101 posted on 12/29/2009 5:01:19 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (I am tired of being PC. It's time for torches, pitchforks, tar, feathers and GUNS.)
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B 4 beachy


102 posted on 12/29/2009 5:01:19 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (I am tired of being PC. It's time for torches, pitchforks, tar, feathers and GUNS.)
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To: fanfan; beachn4fun

OH NO! You got #100.

Oh well. WOHOO!


103 posted on 12/29/2009 5:11:05 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (I am tired of being PC. It's time for torches, pitchforks, tar, feathers and GUNS.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Sorry. ;-)


104 posted on 12/29/2009 5:39:41 AM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Lady Jag; Kathy in Alaska; beachn4fun


105 posted on 12/29/2009 8:39:24 AM PST by unique
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To: blackie; Pusterfuss; Jet Jaguar; Jack Deth; txradioguy; tongue-tied; E.G.C.; Laurita; SoldierDad; ..
Coffee is late....Vista was possessed last night.



106 posted on 12/29/2009 9:56:00 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

That’s the story of my day!
I couldn’t have my first cup until after 9:30, thanks to a trip to the lab.
We have very capable vampires here at our hospital...


107 posted on 12/29/2009 10:27:17 AM PST by HiJinx ("Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner...")
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Morning coffee bump


108 posted on 12/29/2009 10:38:03 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Yeah I think in Cali court that big no no but props to Palin daughter doing this I don’t think Levi Johnston is responsible parent


109 posted on 12/29/2009 10:42:21 AM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Yeah I think in Cali court that big no no but props to Palin daughter doing this I don’t think Levi Johnston is responsible parent


110 posted on 12/29/2009 10:42:31 AM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: All
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?


111 posted on 12/29/2009 10:46:43 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: HiJinx

Are you getting caught up on your coffee quota?


112 posted on 12/29/2009 10:56:54 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: HopeandGlory
Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge. Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.


113 posted on 12/29/2009 10:58:07 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Thanks, lauren, for our National Anthem....humming along.


114 posted on 12/29/2009 11:03:13 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: BIGLOOK

Aloha, Hawaii, and Mele Kalikimaka tonight. Have a wonderful time with the little wahines.


115 posted on 12/29/2009 11:10:20 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Yep - all caught up. And I’ve had some lunch, now, so things are much better.


116 posted on 12/29/2009 11:36:24 AM PST by HiJinx ("Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner...")
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}


117 posted on 12/29/2009 11:43:37 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: HiJinx

It is always good to have a happy tummy.


118 posted on 12/29/2009 11:45:39 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Aloha Night Owl!

Not yet.....they're not back yet and I'm bored. (So I turned to watching the news....now I'm bored and appalled.)
119 posted on 12/29/2009 11:58:05 AM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress!)
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To: BIGLOOK

Oh dear....that is REALLY bored. d:o)


120 posted on 12/29/2009 1:40:17 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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