FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona ~ 08 APRIL 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona

The U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground is one of the largest military installations in the world. Situated in southwestern La Paz County and western Yuma County in southwestern Arizona, U.S., approximately 30 miles north-east of the city of Yuma. The proving ground is used for testing military equipment and encompasses 1,307.8 square miles in the Sonora Desert.

In a typical year, over 500,000 artillery, mortar and missile rounds are fired, 36,000 parachute drops take place, 200,000 grueling road miles are driven on military vehicles, and over 4000 air sorties are flown from the proving ground’s Laguna Army Airfield.

A huge variety of weapon systems and munitions are tested. These include: long range artillery; missile firing aircraft; cargo and personnel parachutes; direct fire weapons; unmanned aerial systems; technologies to defeat roadside bombs; and a great many more.

Yuma Proving Ground test experts have worked on a seven-days-per-week, round-the-clock basis, to test eight variants of the Stryker armored vehicle since April 2002. Focusing on the vehicle's durability and performance, proving ground testers put 175,000 grueling road miles on the Stryker over gravel roads, pavement, cross-country, and all sorts of rough terrain.

This road testing took place to evaluate the engine, transmission, universal joints, and various other mechanical components. The Stryker variants fired well over 120,000 rounds from weapons mounted on the vehicles, including nearly 50,000 120mm projectiles from the Stryker Mortar Carrier.

Nearly all the primary ground weapon systems deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Enduring Freedom underwent extensive testing at the proving ground. As the Army's desert environment tester, the proving ground remains an extremely busy place. Yuma Proving Ground conducts weapon system and munitions testing for all U.S. military services, despite being an Army installation.

A small but significant number of tests are conducted each year for friendly foreign nations, such as Britain, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Italy, France, Israel, and others. The proving ground's long overland firing range (55 miles) and artillery and mortar testing expertise are a particular attraction. Private firms and law enforcement agencies (such as the U.S. Border Patrol and various police departments) have also tested weapons, munitions and other items at the proving ground.

Learn More About Yuma Proving Grounds Here!

 In 1959, 13 men joined together to form the Strategic Army Corps Sport Parachute Team, to compete in the then communist dominated sport of skydiving. The team performed so well that on June 1, 1961 the Army officially recognized, designated and activated the team as the U.S. Army Parachute Team. The "Golden Knights" are stationed at Fort Bragg, but participate in their Winter Training at Yuma Proving Ground.

Learn More About The Golden Knights 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, Mac...*HUGS*...did you and Mrs MacNessa sally forth today? Good journies?

How is spring coming along?

[yarddog]

Completed bridge near St. Lo, France, 1944. Built by the 208th ECB.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness, Sand...that is sooooo cute!

Did you and Maddi have a fun day? ((HUGS))

[luvie]

Cute! You, too, Sandy! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...it’s probably too hot in Yuma.

How is spring doing in your part of Texas? ((HUGS))

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! (((hugs)))

Right now it’s up and down and up and down. We got a bit of a sprinkle today....2 hundredths of an inch. LOL! We have a lot of catching up to do! It was a bit cooler today, and I’m kind of glad. Don’t want it to heat up too fast!

Is the snow melting in Alaska?

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....henkster snags the silver!!

[SandRat]

We had a great day! ((HUGS))

She even played a lot with her new Toy Pack-N-Play that she got this week end.

(Yes, Pack-N-Play. Just like the one she sleeps in here, only real small, just the right size for her dolls & stuffed Animals)

[ConorMacNessa]

We both sallied forth today. Mrs. MacNessa made it to work in short order. I left the Castle at 7:15 and got caught behind an accident - an unattended school bus that had drifted across the road when the driver forgot to set the parking brake before he went to answer a call of nature. An 8 year old was struck and trapped under the bus and several children inside the bus were slightly injured. The 8 year old was extricated by a passing motorist. The road was shut down in my direction and I had to take an alternate route, which was of course heavily burdened with overflow traffic from the road where the accident occurred.

I rolled into the Office at about 9:45.

Apparently I hurt my right (good) knee yesterday playing in the garden - extremely difficult to get around today and lots of pain. I'll be hitting the hay in a few minutes.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Mac bags the bronze!!

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Lynn-Dah have a good day? How is the medicine taking coming along?

Good lessons today?

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


TATTOO
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Must retire for the evening -

For Every Morn' Brings Forth A Noble Chance,
And Every Chance Demands A Noble Knight!

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer,
already mounts the parapet.

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!





Standing With Them
One Of Their Greatest!



1st Lt. Audie L. Murphy, USA (MOH)

TAPS
U.S. Marine Band
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"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"
(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

What a cool picture...I like the tractor.

Is it a bulldozer? I can’t quite see.

[left that other site]

Two good lessons today...Got to play the Bass on Wild Horses, Wish You were Here, Hotel California, Paint It Black, Come Together, Someone Like You, Moondance, Proud Mary, Wake me Up When September Ends, all accompanying a 9 year old girl; who sings and plays these songs on her guitar . AWESOME!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Melting every day now, but still freezing hard at night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And she has plenty of dolls and stuffed animals to put in it. Too cute!

[left that other site]

Lynn-Dah is her old self again.

Of course, the antibiotic wrapped in turkey baloney twice a day doesn’t hurt!

And, no, there will not be plastic surgery to correct the scar. Fur should grow in a few weeks!

Mommy don’t get no face lift, so baby don’t neither.