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THIS WEEK IN APG HISTORY

By YVONNE JOHNSON, APG News

(Right) Assistant Fire Chief L. Roy Willis discusses eliminating home fires from a platform depicting a lifesize

kitchen and displays listing hidden and visible damages during a National Fire Prevention Week demonstration at

the APG firehouse.

10 Years Ago: Oct. 22, 2009

50 Years Ago: Oct. 22, 1969

25 Years Ago: Oct. 26, 1994

Take a look back in time as the APG News explores what made the headlines around APG during this week 10, 25 and 50 years ago. This week’s APG News masthead is from 1981.

(Right) The XM56, XM48 and M157 smoke generators obscure an Edgewood Area test site as Terry Thurman, left, and Marty Sennett of PM

Smoke/Obscurants demonstrate how the systems protect troops.

(Left) Members of the Baltimore Wheelchair Athletic Club basketball team and Test and Evaluation Command staff members demonstrate their skills after the TECOM National Disability Employment Awareness Month Luncheon.

(Left) Lippold Grote, second from left, one of three West Germans assigned to APG as part of a joint professional exchange program, explains the operation of a data acquisition system to Dr. H. Kraemer, director of professional education and training for the Federal Republic of Germany Defense Ministry, right, and Grote’s supervisor, Richard Depkin, chief, Field Engineering Unit of the Materiel Test Directorate.

(Right) APG firefighters put out a kitchen fire during a National Fire Prevention Week demonstration at

the APG Fall Fest. The 2009 theme focused on burn awareness and prevention.

(Left) Visiting members from Canada’s Department of National Defense and their escorts watch an M1 Abrams tank manage a 60% slope at the Munson Test Area during a tour of the Aberdeen Test Center and the U.S. Army Developmental Test Command.

Oct 24 A1Career Fair Draws 1,000+Health Expo Shapes Up CECOMAUSA Showcases New TechnologyMILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT OPTIONSOct 24 A2Vision Develops for Fort Hoyle DistrictNew Lunch Service at Exchange Starts Oct. 28Oct 24 A3SAMC Hosts Halloween PartyCECOM Worker Named Employee of the YearMilitary Exchanges Extinguish Vape SalesOct 24 A4Fun Ways to Celebrate Halloweenby the numb#rsBowling for a Good CauseOct 24 A5Oct 24 A6Mark Your CalendarMorale, Welfare & RecreationOct 24 B120th CBRNE Moves to APG NorthAPG Hosts Annual Tech ExpoIntegrated Tactical Network Takes Center Stage at AUSA2019 ARMY MODERNIZATION STRATEGYOct 24 B2People Power at the CECOM Software Engineering CenterNew Protective Gear Saves Soldier’s LifeOct 24 B3Army, Academia Partner to Research Future Battery SystemsDriving Safety Focus of ATC Safe Driving RoadeoOct 24 B4U.S. Army Advances Robotics ResearchThe APG CrosswordOct 24 B5Did You Know?Oct 24 B6This Week in APG History