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Aberdeen Proving Ground

American  

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

She served for four years as a radio telephone teletype operator, first at a base in West Germany, where she could look across the border into Czechoslovakia, then at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2019

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

Colonel Wesley, the commanding officer of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, welcomed Carnes and Dr. Bird warmly.

From The Great Drought by Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul)

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