Summary
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 researc...
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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Testing lab puts land into preservation
Sun reporterA ballistics testing facility in northern Harford County has placed nearly half of its property in a land preservation program. The H. P. White Laboratory owns nearly 300 acres surrounding its facility, which sits across Scarboro Road from the county...Tags: Government, Farms, National Government, Arable Farming, John F. Kennedy
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Councilman welcomes grant
Sun ReporterWhile a $380,000 federal grant for long-awaited improvements at the Odenton and Edgewood MARC stations may be only a small portion of the costs, one Harford County official says the award means the much-anticipated projects are finally moving forward....Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Transportation, Odenton, Fort Meade, Road Transportation
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Prospects dim for highway projects
Sun reporterThe highway that leaders of Anne Arundel and Howard counties most want improved is Route 175 connecting Fort Meade to the busy intersection at U.S. 1 in Jessup, but prospects look dim for sufficient state money any time soon. For the second year in a...Tags: Local Authority, Green and Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Fort Meade, Road Transportation
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Housing overhaul due at APG
Sun ReporterLike many Army posts around the country, Aberdeen Proving Ground is getting out of the housing business and turning over demolition, renovation, construction and maintenance to a private contractor. Picerne Military Housing, a Rhode Island-based...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, Chesapeake Bay, Homes, Fort Meade
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Bush, Md. lawmakers attend groundbreaking for new Walter Reed
Sun reporterPresident Bush turned a spade of dirt today to ceremonially launch a major expansion of the nation's premier Naval hospital in Bethesda. Bush said he hoped the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center "will be the site of many miracles of healing....Tags: Government, National Government, Defense, Medical Services, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Pentagon, EPA at odds
Sun reporterThe Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are mired in a dispute over the pace of environmental cleanups at Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, where contamination from fuels and munitions for years seeped into soil and groundwater. The...Tags: National Government, Benjamin L. Cardin, Family, Washington Post Company, Environmental Pollution
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BRAC needs worry officials
Sun reporterWhen President Bush breaks ground today for a new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, Phil Alperson may be thinking about how Route 355 is going to handle the thousands of additional staff, patients and visitors the hospital is...Tags: National Government, Benjamin L. Cardin, Medical Services, Vehicles, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Life's a scream for local writers
Sun reporterGrowing up three blocks apart, Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech spent their teenage days hanging out at a supposed haunted house in Harford County, trying to frighten each other and their friends with scary stories. More than 20 years later, the duo...Tags: NBC, Samuel L Jackson, Christina Applegate, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks
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Pentagon, EPA at odds
The SwampBy Josh Mitchell and wire reports The Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are mired in a dispute over the pace of environmental cleanups at Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, where contamination from fuels and munitions for years seeped....Tags: National Government, Benjamin L. Cardin, Family, Washington Post Company, Environmental Pollution
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Correction
A story in the June 22 edition of The Harford Sun misidentified the sponsor of the showcase of Aberdeen Proving Ground technology opportunities. Harford Community College presented the two-day event at the Amoss Center in Bel Air. The Sun regrets the...
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