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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ~ 27 February 2018
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 02/26/2018 6:01:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska

 
 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar formerly Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. It is located about 10 miles north of downtown San Diego, California.

The base contains 23,116 acres. It is bisected by Kearny Villa Road and Interstate 15. The area east of Kearny Villa Road, called "East Miramar", is undeveloped and is used for military training.

On October 1 1997, NAS Miramar, California, officially became Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, as part of the DoD Realignment Program.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a 24,000-acre installation located in the northern suburbs of San Diego and is one of the largest military bases in the area. The station averages 250 aircraft aboard on any given day, with up to 200,000 flight operations per year.

During Base Realignment and Closure hearings in 1993, MCAS El Toro was selected for closure, and the Marine flight operations were recommended for transfer to NAS Miramar. Marine Corps Air Stations El Toro and Tustin were closed, and their assets moved to Miramar by the end of 1999.

Miramar is home for eight F/A-18C & F/A-18D Hornet jet squadrons, four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter squadrons, four CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter squadrons, one KC-130 transport and refueling squadron, and nine station support aircraft for a total of about 257 aircraft. When the move was completed, 12,200 Marines, Sailors and civilians called Miramar home.

To lessen the noise impact to the community, MCAS Miramar has made adjustments to their operations over the years, including the use of hush-houses, limitations on engine run-ups, and modification to flight plans.

NAS Miramar is divided into four land use sectors: Main Station, South/West Miramar, East Miramar, and Sycamore Canyon. These sectors are further divided into "improved," "semi-improved," and "unimproved" acreage. Improved acreage (1,363 acres) is land on which intensive development has taken place and grounds maintenance is performed.

These areas include residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and construction sites. Semi-improved lands (6,931 acres) include agricultural outlease lands, the flight line, ammunition storage areas, fuelbreaks, fire roads, and drainage ways.

Unimproved areas (14,891 acres) are considered resource management areas which contain environmental and Air Installation Compatible Use Zone constraints. Of the total land holdings, approximately 17,000 acres are unimproved or semi- improved and consist of native vegetation.

Learn More About MCAS Miramar HERE!!

In 1989 a team of dedicated Marine volunteers, led by Brigadier General Jay Hubbard, established The El Toro and Foundation at MCAS El Toro, CA. When El Toro was closed in 1999 by BRAC, a group of former Marines from San Diego, led by Major Generals Bob Butcher and Frank Lang formed the “Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation” and assumed the 501(c)(3) charter from the El Toro Foundation.

The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum (FLAM) has undergone a rigorous certification process and is one of only four certified Marine Corps Command Museums. The FLAM is the only museum in the world dedicated to the primary purpose of preserving the history of U.S. Marine Corps aviation and boasts a collection of over forty vintage aircraft, a library with extensive research materials, photos, video, valuable memorabilia and artifacts.

Visit The Flying Leathernecks Aviation 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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To: radu

She does need to dump him, but eagles aren’t like people. I’d sure love it if that third egg survives. She has spent so much time in very cold weather trying to make it so.

Sometimes you just don’t have a choice about airplanes. The first time I flew, I went all the way to Germany with my hubby. I don’t think I closed my eyes the entire way across the Atlantic. LOL! It got easier. Had to come home, ya know. Actually twice. We were called home when my mom was dying. It was extra hard to go back over and leave my Dad standing there alone at the airport.

So glad y’all got to dry out a bit today. You’ve now had more rain since the first of the year than we get IN a year. And it’s way worse this year. .23 since January 1st at the airport. Nothing here at the house.


41 posted on 02/26/2018 9:50:57 PM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: LUV W

Good evening, Luv...I’m getting dizzy with all that rolling. LOL!


42 posted on 02/26/2018 9:59:26 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: LUV W

Unless that dunce male starts brooding the egg when she takes off, count it out. She was off it quite a bit this afternoon so it’s probably already history. Just too cold for that.

Oh, I always have a choice when it comes to planes! LOL! I don’t go anywhere I’d need to fly. Period. If I can’t drive there, I simply won’t go. Not that I get to go anywhere with all these cats. :-)

We were thrilled to have a sunny day and have a chance to dry out a little. The weatherman said we should be sunny most of the day tomorrow, too, then we can expect 2+ inches tomorrow night through Wed. night. GLUB

Sure wish we could share some of it with you. Y’all are desperately in need.


43 posted on 02/26/2018 10:14:51 PM PST by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

LOL! That seems to be the consensus from watching it!

Hope you had a good day today! Did you finally get a fix on your being locked out of FR? Getting more snow?


44 posted on 02/26/2018 10:28:35 PM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: radu

Well, with any luck, they will know some stuff by nesting season next year or the original pair will be back first. I wonder where they are making their home now? They need to lay, too.

How is the lake behind your place looking? Hope it doesn’t get over the banks like all the waterways in Kentucky have done. The river there at Dale Hollow looks way up and very muddy!


45 posted on 02/26/2018 10:44:57 PM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; laurenmarlowe
A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone here at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

46 posted on 02/26/2018 11:02:36 PM PST by E.G.C.
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To: LUV W

I’d prefer the original pair go back to that nest but if they have to go somewhere else, they might stick with that nest instead. boohiss!

The lake here is in good shape. It’s pretty full but not up to summer pool. TVA releases enough through the dam to keep it from going over its banks most of the time. If there’s a heck of a lot of rain and releasing water would cause a lot of flooding downstream, then the river floods a few of the lower spots along the banks. It becomes the lake at the back of our farm and from here to the dam is all hills. Boat docks might sit higher than they should but the houses are all high up. The back of the farm drops off in a high bluff so we’ll never flood.

Dale Hollow is like Tims Ford . . more like a wide, deep river than a lake. I haven’t gone across the bridge in a few days but I imagine the water’s pretty muddy here, too, right now.


47 posted on 02/26/2018 11:02:39 PM PST by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu

It’s nice to be on high ground when it’s so rainy!

Guess I’d better head out. The cats are back in. Peaches was fussing with Ghost and I didn’t want to wait till it escalated to blows. LOL! So, I’ll be awake a lot again tonight. Didn’t have them last night, but I kept having weird dreams that would wake me up.

It’s always something. LOL! See ya tomorrow for the wonderful weekly quiz! Yay! :)


48 posted on 02/26/2018 11:45:39 PM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: LUV W

It does help a lot to be on high ground and be on ground with a gentle slope. But we still have a few spots that pond up when it rains a lot. At least it does drain eventually.

Oh boy! You have Peaches for company tonight. LOL! But it IS better than having him beaten up by Ghost.
Good luck getting a decent night’s sleep.

Catch ya tomorrow evening.


49 posted on 02/26/2018 11:54:02 PM PST by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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Why not?


50 posted on 02/26/2018 11:54:21 PM PST by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Highway driving at night or in bad weather is awful! I avaoid it even in summer.

I have devised my own little routes around S. MA to get to where I am going. Sometimes it takes longer, but the scenery is charming, the pace is slower, and it is so much less stressful.


51 posted on 02/27/2018 5:00:42 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: E.G.C.

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

Hope you and Bo are having a good week so far! Is it warming up there in OK? Makes for better walks for sure! Should be seeing some turtles before long! Bo will like that!


52 posted on 02/27/2018 9:40:17 AM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; HiJinx; ...

Gooood mornin', Early Birds!
Well, it's not early any more!
It wasn't even early when I got up! LOL!
It's overcast here, but not cold.
No rain coming, though. Darn!
Breakfast became brunch!
Anyhooooo....🦉.....hope all youz are having a Terrific Tuesday!
...and are not working TOO hard!
(((hugs)))

53 posted on 02/27/2018 9:48:56 AM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: LUV W

It’s warming up a little. Have some rain and storms in the area right now. Just some rain and thunder but that’s about it.


54 posted on 02/27/2018 9:54:55 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: E.G.C.

Send us some of the rain when you’re through with it, ok? :)

Hope it’s not too wet for y’all to get out for a while! Have a good one!


55 posted on 02/27/2018 12:59:50 PM PST by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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