Aberdeen is the Army’s oldest active proving ground — established Oct.20, 1917, on the shores of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland’s Harford County six months after the U.S. entered World War I out of a need for a larger munitions and equipment-testing facility in a remote area yet close to industrial and shipping centers. Officials fired the first weapon three months later, and the war ended Nov.11, 1918. Since then the facility has proof-tested field artillery weapons, ammunition, trench mortars, air ...

VALDOSTA HAS NO PUBLIC transportation system, so contact your sponsor or gaining unit if you plan to travel by bus or air. The Airport Express serves Moody AFB. For reservations, call (888) 284 3826 or visit http://www.airportexpress.com. BY CARIf you are driving south on Interstate 75, take exit 29 to Highway 122 east 11 miles through Hahira toward Lakeland. Turn right at Highway 125 (Bemiss Road) and drive three miles south to the base. If you are ...