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Aberdeen Proving Ground

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noun

  1. a federal reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Maryland, S of Aberdeen and on W Chesapeake Bay, that is the site of a military testing ground.


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Hamilton and Cunningham worked together for about six months at Fort McCoy before Cunningham left the base in January 2020 to become temporary police chief at another base, the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

At the command's protocol office, the person who answered a phone in late January referred all queries to the Aberdeen Proving Ground offices in Maryland.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2022

Given the gape of the hole and the fact that the road traverses Aberdeen Proving Ground, there’s a good chance it wasn’t made by a bullet.

From New York Times • May 30, 2016

The aerostats were set aloft last year on Army-owned land about 45 miles northeast of Washington, near Aberdeen Proving Ground.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2015

Five minutes later two ambulances rolled out of the garage and took the four-mile winding ribbon of concrete which separated the Michaelville water impact range from the main front of the Aberdeen Proving Ground.

From Poisoned Air by Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul)

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