FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ~ 28 August 2018

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarle and the Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ 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 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! 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

 

 

[sauropod]

Uh, the Ordnance museum is now at Ft. Lee.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, MrEdd....that’s a long time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, Pro...smoke all gone?

[luvie]

Thanks for another great road trip to Maryland! We could visit our friends there! :)

[luvie]

Hey, you! Great to see you sneak in! LOL! We need more of you around here!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[The Mayor]

It was ok and productive. Lots going on, Praying for His help and wisdom.

Thank you Kathy!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

A road trip to check out the Ordnance Museum would be cool, wouldn’t it?

Are y’all catching any of the cold air streaming in or is it coming down east of your area? BRRRRR, hard to think about snow in August!

[Tamatoa]

I would love to join. That is where I went for AIT, 63W MOS,

[Tamatoa]

I was there in 1990

[radu]

Well that stinks! I was just checking out the museum site and thinking how cool it would be to check it all out in person.

[radu]

Well howdy there, tx!
Dang the luck getting here too late to “see” in real time.
Other than the “been a little busy around here” part, I hope things are going swimmingly.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Sure do hope things are going more smoothly this pay week.

[luvie]

Howdy, radu!

How was your day today? Was it over-the-top humid again?

It was 100 here and then it rained! Cooled it right down to the low 80s. Felt so good!

Tessa made it over. I got Stubbs inoculated, but then when she tried to poke Junior and Grey...as I held them by the scruff...they threw a fit and I got scratched on both arms. LOL. The meds are only good for 24 hours, but I don’t know how we’re going to get it done now. I think it’s $62 down the drain. Darn cats!

[IndispensableDestiny]

Parts went elsewhere. The collection is still not on public display. The museum is still under construction. Part of the reason for moving the museum was that it is a study aid to those in the OC&S. No rush to study, I suppose.

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy!

Yup, smoke is all gone for the time being, bright, beautiful sunshine today, and we are cooling down, high '70's today which suits me fine.

[PROCON]

Hey radu!

We have cooled down a bit but only into the high '70's, and it's welcomed too!

Smoke has disappeared too which is great, I was choking on it!

Nothing much else happening here, a bit of grocery shopping and relaxation.

Howz things your way?

[radu]

Howdy, LUV!

Yep, it was mighty muggy and hot today and going to be this way all week. They call for rain later in the week but it won’t cool things off much.

Glad you got rain today and that it dropped your temps so much. A welcome relief for y’all.

I was afraid it would be hard to get all the kittens dosed at once. At least you got one taken care of but how to get the rest remains to be seen, huh? Might have to wait until you have them tame enough to take them to the clinic.

[radu]

Whew! Lucky you, cooling down to comfy instead of freezing like some of states out that way.

And YAY, the smoke’s gone at last! I reckon all of you are thrilled about that. Had to be misery to go outside for any reason.

Still hot and steamy here and will be all week. We have a ways to go before it starts cooling down to comfy levels.
And before long, we’ll be whining about it being too cold. LOL

[luvie]

I’m just ticked that I paid for all that medicine and now it’ll probably have to be thrown away.

We’re going to try...TRY...to dump them into the kitty carrier tomorrow afternoon and she’ll come stick them while in there. Maybe. If that doesn’t work, I guess they’re on their own. One of them I can’t get NEAR, so he’ll just have to take his chances with life. And I still don’t know their sex. The minute she walked out the back door they scattered like roaches. Even with food in the dish.

I hope the mugginess goes away before long. I know it really gets to you. Hard to have the energy to do anything!