FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland ~ 18 October 2016

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States Naval Air Station located in St. Mary's County on Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River. It is home to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and serves a center for test and evaluation and systems acquisition relating to Naval Aviation. Commissioned on 1 April 1943 on land largely acquired through eminent domain, the air station grew rapidly in response to World War II.

The base became a center for testing as several facilities were constructed throughout the 1950s and 1960s; including the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (1958), the Weapons Systems Test Division (1960), and the Propulsion System Evaluation Facility.

The Patuxent River Naval Air Station Complex stretches across 25 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River, overlooking the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, 65 miles southeast of Washington DC and 90 miles south of Baltimore. The Complex supports naval aviation operations by researching, developing, testing and evaluating aircraft, aircraft components and related products. NAS Patuxent River’s mission is to support the Navy by providing the warfighter with technologies that deliver dominant combat effects and matchless capabilities.

NAWC Patuxent River continues to serve as the Navy's principal research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and fleet support activity for naval aircraft, engines, avionics, aircraft support systems and ship/shore/air operations.

 In addition the installation hosts the Navy Test Pilot School, and both NAS Patuxent River and the nearby OLF Webster host Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, all of which regularly use the installation's airspace complex. An additional mission is the detachment of the very high priority TACAMO mission (VQ-4 Det).

The Patuxent River Complex has been affected by the 1991, 1993, and 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) decisions to relocate Naval Aviation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) facilities from Warminster, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey and Naval Air Systems headquarters from Arlington, Virginia to the Complex. These realignments and consolidation of their assets positioned NAWCAD to carry out its mission as the Navy's principal RDT&E, engineering, and fleet support activity for Naval fixed and rotary wing aircraft and associated systems from acquisition through all life cycle phases.

Learn More About NAS Patuxent River 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

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...wind is not fun. No gorebul warming at your house?

Snow is coming here, but we are generally mild compared to inland areas. We are right between the water and the mountains.

Stay safe!!

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Ma, HUGS!

[luvie]

Pretty soon every day will be like the weekend!
...'cause Saturday, October 22, 2016,
is my last work day!
WOOOOOHOOOOO!!
[...and if I EVER say I'm bored, just slap me! LOL!]

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FReepers do NOT get bored!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML, and happy birthday on Monday. Did you party with family?

Pub night tomorrow night? Have you done a cello duet yet?

[luvie]

True dat! We have lots of stuff to read and comment on...or get in trouble for commenting on. LOL!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...has your weather improved?

Did you get the storm with wind and rain?

[left that other site]

Piano Cookies!

And I thought you were making a “KEY” Lime Pie!

Or a Creme “Boulez”

Or a cake with “Saxy” Decorations!

Or “Fiedler” Crab Cakes!

I’ve been taking notes, but I am not going to fret about getting old!

On the scale of things, it’s not that bad. :-)

(((Is anybody but me having issues with the website tonight?)))

[Publius]

Oh God, you’re killing me with those puns!

[SkyDancer]

Hai! Well Friday was the big wind and Saturday which was supposed to be the worst never materialized. We were without power for maybe ten, twenty minutes. Lots of rain though and our little town survived with no flooding.

[left that other site]

I don’t know if the Cellist is coming tomorrow, but she IS invited, as it will be a celebration of my birthday...a day late.

[left that other site]

And now...the Piece de resistance!

Cello Pudding!

[left that other site]

I have had comments deleted, but I have never been suspended or banned (Goody-Two-Shoes!)

[Publius]

Arg-g-g-g-g-h!

[left that other site]

I know.

That was pretty Viol and Bass of me.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...are you still able to go outside with a warm coat?

It’s trying real hard to snow, but any overnight snow will melt during the day....at least for another week or so.

[Publius]

Stop! Stop!! I’ll confess!!!

[Soaring Feather]

HI!

[Soaring Feather]

Went outside today with no coat! Lovely weather.