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The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that train...
The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that training and research, APG is known as the "Home of Ordnance." It is currently used as an Army research, training and testing location. All tanks and wheeled vehicles from the past 50 years have been tested at APG, and chemical warfare research is performed at the proving ground. The proving ground employs more than 7,500 civilians and 5,000 military personnel. It is Harford County's largest employer and also one of the state's largest employers. APG is also home to the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, with an outdoor exhibit featuring equipment and vehicles from different 20th century military conflicts.
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APG plans detonations this week at test center
The Aberdeen Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground plans to conduct several large detonations this week that will likely generate sound and vibration beyond the boundaries of the Harford County military post. If weather conditions permit, the blasts will...Tags: Aberdeen, Natural Science, Physiology
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No letup in traffic congestion
Baltimore Sun reporterBaltimore-area travelers remained stuck in traffic even as congestion eased elsewhere in the months leading up to the recession, a new analysis reveals. A jump in fuel prices triggered a slight reduction in backups in most metropolitan areas in 2007,...Tags: Transportation, Labor Day, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Fort Meade, Petroleum Industry
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UM to acquire hospitals in Bel Air, Havre de Grace
In a deal designed to address doctor shortages and bring new medical services to Harford County, the University of Maryland Medical System announced Wednesday that it will acquire Upper Chesapeake Health System, which owns hospitals in Bel Air and Havre...Tags: Havre de Grace, Glen Burnie, Medical Services, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Medical Doctors
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Emerson V. Clarke Jr.
Emerson V. Clarke Jr., a retired Aberdeen Proving Ground physicist and a decorated World War II infantryman, died Thursday of pneumonia at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. The longtime Bel Air resident was 85.
Born in Baltimore, Mr. Clarke spent his...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Applied Physics, Family, Ellicott City, Mark Roman
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BRAC project gets new developer
Baltimore Sun reporterThe financially troubled developer of a 400-acre research and development park under construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground has backed out of the project and signed over development rights to Baltimore-based St. John Properties. The Army has approved...Tags: Property, Armed Forces, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), CACI International Incorporated, Bankruptcy
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Developer drops Aberdeen base business park project
The financially troubled developer of a huge business park being built at Aberdeen Proving Ground to serve base restructuring has backed out of the project and handed it off to Baltimore-based St. John Properties. Under plans approved by the Army,...Tags: Armed Forces, Property, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), CACI International Incorporated, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Plan to give house to triple-amputee veteran collapses
Baltimore Sun reporterThe floors were lacquered and shining, the grass was mowed, and the handicapped-access tracks and ramps in the new, $800,000 Pasadena home were ready for use. Just miles away, in Washington, Sgt. David Battle, a triple amputee from injuries he suffered...Tags: Homes, Contracts, Ellicott City, Veterans Affairs, Medical Services
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Second man dies from fire injuries at APG
A second man has died of injuries suffered in a fire that broke out during test-firing of Soviet tank ammunition last month, an Aberdeen Proving Ground spokeswoman said. Joe Gray, 32, of Aberdeen died Friday of injuries suffered in the May 21 fire,...Tags: Fires
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APG to conduct training exercises, detonations
Harford County residents living near Aberdeen Proving Ground can expect noise, vibrations and flashes of light as the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center conducts day and evening training exercises and detonations Monday through Friday. Boaters traveling on...Tags: Aberdeen, Natural Science, United States, Physiology, Advanced Training
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James Phillip Bowman
James Phillip Bowman, a mechanical engineer who enjoyed sports and the outdoors, was stricken with a heart attack while playing street hockey and died June 3 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Parkville resident was 33. Mr. Bowman was born...Tags: Polo, Colleges and Universities, Penn State University, Engineering, Death and Dying
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2 families shocked by drowning of teens over weekend
Donald C. Collier's voice was sapped by grief, barely audible, as he described the drowning over the weekend of his eldest son and its toll on the boy's mother. "She's very distraught, very upset," Collier said Monday, referring to his wife, Susan, in...Tags: Medical Research, Coppin State University, Parkville, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Medicines
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At Meade High, Anti-Terror 101
Los Angeles TimesFlanked by hand-drawn posters about terrorist groups, from al-Qaida to the Ku Klux Klan, Tina Edler solemnly addressed her ninth-grade students. "One new vocabulary word today is 'agro-terrorism,' " she said. The meaning - deliberate sabotage of...Tags: Academic Progress, Ku Klux Klan, FBI, Guerrilla Activity, Fort Meade
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