FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ~ 29 DEC 2009

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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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!

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[luvie]

Good evening, (((Lauren)))!

Hope you had a great Christmas!

Good road trip! I was in Maryland a couple of years ago, and
didn’t even know this place was there! Of course, there is SO
much to see and do in that area! Thanks for the hard work!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you cyclotic, thanks for joining us this evening!

"Thanks to all the folks who toil in anonymity there making sure all the systems, weapons and assorted big boy toys work as expected."

Amen to that!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hey you!

Happy New Year to you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, lauren....we are in a short week. The boss decided not to compute til morning.....not good. Nobody can get a head start tonight. She will have to help everyone of us. 8a to 2p is NOT enough time to get edits and corrections done, and we print checks tomorrow, a day early. *sigh*

BUT....the day (combining Monday and Tuesday) did go smoothly.

Is it cold at your house? *HUGS*

[mylife]

Maryland would be a wonderland if it didnt border DC LoL!

Great mountains, ocean front property and whitewater rivers.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy LUV! *HUGS*

Had a wonderful day full of fun, thanks, in spite of the slippery weather!

Glad you enjoyed this evening’s trip to Maryland, it sure was an interesting one!

[luvie]

God bless our brave troops!

[SandRat]

The Canteen is most Welcome

[mylife]

Well... not quite yet LoL but I look forward to the new year.

[SandRat]

Overnight snow levels could reach as low as 4,500 feet, with Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties could possibly seeing “noticeable” snow accumulation, the weather service said.

[luvie]

....and spillover DC traffic snarls! LOL!

You’re right!

[edpc]

It's a great museum, especially for history geeks like me. So much to see up close and personal from the V1 and V2, Atomic Annie, etc......

My personal favorite is the two man Chinese rifle from the Boxer Rebellion. You have to see it to believe it.

[laurenmarlowe]

I know short weeks for you are a real pain, OUCH! :o)

Yes, dang cold, and more snow in the forecast for tomorrow. Good grief!

Snow three times in December here is just mind-boggling!

[mylife]

The hoochie coochies will look lovely.

[richiep]

Memories. I was stationed at Edgewood Arsenal a few miles south of APG during the mid 70s. Good three years with USAPDSC. Went to the museum a couple of times. Looks like it has grown. Good.

[SandRat]

and the drive to work tomorrow morning could be a pain.

[laurenmarlowe]

Yup, too close to DC, but Maryland is quite pretty!

[mylife]

[luvie]

Glad you had a good time with family!

What do you have planned for New Years’ eve? I expect to be
right here, like I have for the past few years! LOL!

I need a life! :D