FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, California ~ 16 JUNE 2020

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Road Trip: Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, California

Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), commonly known as Camp Parks, is a United States Army facility located in Dublin, California that is currently a semi-active mobilization and training center for U.S. Army Reserve personnel to be used in case of war or natural disaster.

Soon after the creation of the Seabees at the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Navy built a West Coast replacement and recuperation center for Naval Construction Battalions returning from overseas. Camp Parks was established on November 26, 1942, having been named in honor of Rear Admiral Charles W. Parks, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), the World War I chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks.

Adjacent to Camp Parks to the east, was Camp Shoemaker and the U.S. Naval Hospital Shoemaker, also built during the war. The three Navy bases located side by side were called "Fleet City".

In 1946, at the end of World War II, the United States Secretary of the Navy disestablished the three facilities, and from 1946 to 1951, the Navy leased much of the land to the County of Alameda for use as Santa Rita Jail. Thousands of Quonset huts and barracks and other buildings were subsequently dismantled through sales conducted by the War Assets Administration.

Camp Parks sat unused until the U.S. Air Force established it as a basic training center in 1951 during the Korean War, and renamed the facility Parks Air Force Base. The Air Force almost completely rebuilt the base. Base personnel were initially housed in temporary facilities and ate from a field mess.

The first group of airmen arrived at Camp Parks in the Summer of 1951, and mass training began in March 1952 as the 3275th Air Indoctrination Wing. In 1953, Air Base Defense classes started as the Air Force transitioned the base defense mission from the Army.

Parks has a primary mission of exercising the functions of command, training, security, administration, servicing and supply to all troop units, military activities and other governmental agencies assigned or attached.

New and state-of-the-art training facilities have been built and more are planned. In the garrison area are administrative and classroom buildings, upgraded housing, a remodeled dining facility, a modern lodging facility, an informative history center, and other support and training facilities.

Parks RFTA is the only local training facility for more than 11,000 Army Reserve Soldiers in the San Francisco Bay Area where a wide variety of training facilities are available. Reserve Units permanently stationed at Parks RFTA conduct weekend inactive duty training throughout the year, and Reserve Component units travel to the base for their two-week annual training.

Learn More About Camp Parks HERE!!

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[PROCON]

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

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Hi Everybody!

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[The Mayor]

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June 16

Just-in-Case Idols

Bible in a Year:

• Nehemiah 4–6
• Acts 2:22–47

They have followed other gods to serve them.

Jeremiah 11:10

Sam checks his retirement account twice each day. He saved for thirty years, and with the boost of a rising stock market, finally has enough to retire. As long as stocks don’t plunge. This fear keeps Sam worrying about his balance.

Jeremiah warned about this: “You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem” (11:13).

Judah’s idolatry is remarkable. They knew the Lord was God. How could they worship anyone else? They were hedging their bets. They needed the Lord for the afterlife, because only the true God could raise them from the dead. But what about now? Pagan gods promised health, wealth, and fertility, so why not pray to them too, just in case?

Can you see how Judah’s idolatry is also our temptation? It’s good to have talent, education, and money. But if we’re not careful, we might shift our confidence to them. We know we’ll need God when we die, and we’ll ask Him to bless us now. But we’ll also lean on these lesser gods, just in case.

Where is your trust? Back-up idols are still idols. Thank God for His many gifts, and tell Him you’re not relying on any of them. Your faith is riding entirely on Him.

By:  Mike Wittmer Reflect & Pray

What good thing are you tempted to turn into an idol? How might you use this gift while still depending fully on God?

Father, all my hope is in You. Help me trust in You alone, not in my abilities and assets.

[mylife]

Why is an army reserve base named after navy admiral?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren....thank you for today's Road Trip: Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, California.

[radu]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, California ~

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[MoochPooch]

Evening Lauren, Kathy! Can’t stop blessing our military.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How was your weekend? Kicked back or did Robin find some things she needed help with to keep you busy?

[Bookshelf]

I believe that boxer George Forman’s first fights were at Camp Parks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[PROCON]

Hey radu!

A lazy weekend, didn't do much, the weather wasn't that great and it's been drizzling off and on today too.

Hope to get together with son tomorrow for lunch.

'Sup with you and the cute kittehs?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro....any improvement in things opening?

Is Hilarywithonel doing ok?

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy!

We are still in a lockdown but most out here in red counties are ignoring the idiot governor's mandates.

Daughter is doing well, she's able to work from home with her kitty companion keeping her company.

[luvie]

Howdy, lauren! Thanks for another great road trip! 🚙 🚗 🏍

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Blue enjoy a nice ride?

Penny get a walk?

Clouds coming in now, but beautiful sun all day.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Pay week. I hope things go a little smoother than the last one.

Mighty pretty day up there again. Perfect for meals on the deck. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor...and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you had a productive Monday.

[radu]

Crummy weather can put a damper on the weekend, no doubt.

It was dry here but too hot to do much outside Sat. so I finished getting the last of the stuff ready for the rummage sale this weekend.
Yesterday was cooler and perfect for weeding some flower beds.

Da kittehs are somewhat behaving though there was a big spat last night. No idea who started it so no one got spanked. I did a lot of yelling, though, and put the fear in all of them. It was very quiet after that. LOL