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75 relations: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington, Aerospace engineering, American Expeditionary Forces, American system of manufacturing, Ammunition, Armed-forces artificer, Army of the Potomac, Arsenal, Artillery, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Benjamin Huger (general), Board of War, Bomb disposal, Brigadier general, Carlisle Barracks, Charles M. Wesson, Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army, Combat service support, Combat service support (United States), Daniel Webster Flagler, Decius Wadsworth, Electronics, Eli Whitney, ENIAC, External ballistics, Fort Bliss, Fort Lee (Virginia), Fort Strong, George Bomford, George Washington, Harpers Ferry Armory, Heidi J. Hoyle, Holger Toftoy, Interchangeable parts, Irving Berlin, Jesse L. Reno, John H. Hall (gunsmith), Josiah Gorgas, Korean War, London, Mexican–American War, Missile, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, National Defense Act of 1920, Nazi Germany, New York (state), Oliver Otis Howard, Operation Paperclip, ..., Quartermaster Corps (United States Army), Redstone Arsenal, Salem, Massachusetts, Saltire, Sandy Hook, Simeon North, Springfield Armory, Stephen Vincent Benet (Army General), Texas, Thermonuclear weapon, Thomas Blanchard (inventor), Transportation Corps, United States, United States Army, United States Army Forces Command, United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School, United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, University of Pennsylvania, Virginia, War of 1812, Watervliet Arsenal, Weapon, White Sands Missile Range, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Expand index (25 more) »
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) (sometimes erroneously called Aberdeen Proving Grounds) is a United States Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County).
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Aberdeen, Maryland
Aberdeen is a city located in Harford County, Maryland, from Baltimore.
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Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington
Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington (November 22, 1837 – July 11, 1922) was a United States Army Brigadier General who served as the 10th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps.
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Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.
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American Expeditionary Forces
The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F., A.E.F. or AEF) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen.
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American system of manufacturing
The American system of manufacturing was a set of manufacturing methods that evolved in the 19th century.
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Ammunition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon.
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Armed-forces artificer
An Artificer is an appointment held by a member of an armed-forces service who is skilled at working on electronic, electrical, electro-mechanical and/or mechanical devices.
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Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
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Arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned.
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Artillery
Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.
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Ballistic Research Laboratory
The Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland was the center for the United States Army's research efforts in ballistics (interior, exterior, and terminal) as well as vulnerability/lethality analysis.
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Benjamin Huger (general)
Benjamin Huger (November 22, 1805 – December 7, 1877) was a regular officer in the United States Army, who served with distinction as chief of ordnance in the Mexican-American War and in the American Civil War, as a Confederate general.
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Board of War
The Board of War, also known as the Board of War and Ordnance, was created by the Second Continental Congress as a special standing committee to oversee the American Continental Army's administration and to make recommendations regarding the army to Congress.
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Bomb disposal
Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.
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Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Charles M. Wesson
Charles Macon Wesson (23 July 1878 – 24 November 1956) was a Major General in the United States Army and the Army's 15th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Department from 1938 to 1942.
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Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army
The Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army is a general officer who is responsible for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and serves as the Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Virginia.
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Combat service support
The term Combat service support (or CSS) is utilized by numerous military organizations throughout the world to describe entities that provide direct and indirect sustainment services to the groups that engage (or are potentially to be engaged) in combat.
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Combat service support (United States)
Combat service support is a topic that is, broadly speaking, a subset of military logistics.
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Daniel Webster Flagler
Daniel Webster Flagler (June 20, 1835 – March 29, 1899) was a United States Army Brigadier General.
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Decius Wadsworth
Decius Wadsworth (January 2, 1768 – November 8, 1821) was a Colonel in the U.S. Army before and during the War of 1812.
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Electronics
Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.
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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.
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ENIAC
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was amongst the earliest electronic general-purpose computers made.
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External ballistics
External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.
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Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters located in El Paso, Texas.
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Fort Lee (Virginia)
Fort Lee, in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, is a United States Army post and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, The U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Logistics University (ALU), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).
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Fort Strong
Fort Strong is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of Long Island in Boston Harbor.
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George Bomford
George Bomford (1780–1848) was a distinguished military officer in the United States Army and an inventor and designer of weapons and defensive installations.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.
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Harpers Ferry Armory
Harpers Ferry Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, was the second federal armory commissioned by the United States government.
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Heidi J. Hoyle
Brigadier General Heidi J. Hoyle is a serving general officer in the United States Army and the 41st Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Virginia.
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Holger Toftoy
Major General Holger Nelson Toftoy (October 31, 1902 – April 19, 1967) was a United States Army officer linked to early rocketry such as the Redstone missile.
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Interchangeable parts
Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are, for practical purposes, identical.
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin (Израиль Моисеевич Бейлин) Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.
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Jesse L. Reno
Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War, in the Utah War, on the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War.
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John H. Hall (gunsmith)
John Hancock Hall (January 4, 1781 – February 26, 1841) was the inventor of the M1819 Hall breech-loading rifle and a mass production innovator.
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Josiah Gorgas
Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and was later president of the University of Alabama.
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Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Mexico) from 1846 to 1848.
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Missile
In modern language, a missile is a guided self-propelled system, as opposed to an unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as a rocket (although these too can also be guided).
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Moore School of Electrical Engineering
The Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania came into existence as a result of an endowment from Alfred Fitler Moore on June 4, 1923.
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National Defense Act of 1920
The National Defense Act of 1920 (or Kahn Act) was sponsored by United States Representative Julius Kahn, Republican of California.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
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Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) largely carried out by Special Agents of Army CIC, in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians, such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team, were recruited in post-Nazi Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, primarily between 1945 and 1959.
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Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
The United States Army Quartermaster Corps, formerly the Quartermaster Department, is a Sustainment, formerly combat service support (CSS), branch of the United States Army.
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Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
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Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a historic, coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, located on Massachusetts' North Shore.
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Saltire
A saltire, also called Saint Andrew's Cross, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, like the shape of the letter X in Roman type.
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Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
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Simeon North
Simeon North (July 13, 1765 – August 25, 1852) was a Middletown, Connecticut, gun manufacturer, who developed one of America's first milling machines (possibly the very first) in 1818 and played an important role in the development of interchangeable parts manufacturing.
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Springfield Armory
The Springfield Armory, located in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the primary center for the manufacture of United States military firearms from 1777 until its closing in 1968, it was one of the first companies dedicated to the manufacture of weapons.
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Stephen Vincent Benet (Army General)
Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benet was a career officer in the United States Army and served as the 8th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon is a second-generation nuclear weapon design using a secondary nuclear fusion stage consisting of implosion tamper, fusion fuel, and spark plug which is bombarded by the energy released by the detonation of a primary fission bomb within, compressing the fuel material (tritium, deuterium or lithium deuteride) and causing a fusion reaction.
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Thomas Blanchard (inventor)
Thomas Blanchard (June 24, 1788 – April 16, 1864) was an American inventor who lived much of his life in Springfield, Massachusetts, where in 1819, he pioneered the assembly line style of mass production in America, and also invented the major technological innovation known as interchangeable parts.
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Transportation Corps
The Transportation Corps was established 31 July 1942 by Executive Order 9082.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Forces Command
United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest United States Army command and provider of expeditionary, regionally engaged, campaign-capable land forces to combatant commanders.
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United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School
The United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School (OMEMS) was a school of the US Army from 1952 until it merged into the United States Army Ordnance School in 2011.
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United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center
As of May 27 2018 the museum is still under construction at Fort Lee, VA.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.
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Watervliet Arsenal
The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River.
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Weapon
A weapon, arm or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm.
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White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area of almost in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico.
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1st Sustainment Command (Theater)
The 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) (1st TSC) is a major subordinate unit of US Army Central at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Corps_(United_States_Army)
