• Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG was established by order of President Woodrow Wilson in December 1917, 8 months after the United States entered World War I).
• The Army had taken over 69,000 acres of land and water two months earlier. Sandy Hook, NJ and the Army’s proof and acceptance testing ground for ammunition and cannon since 1874 was being closed and the Chesapeake Bay site was selected as the best suited to carry the mission of testing field artillery. From this beginning, APG has grown and evolved into one of the most diversified military installations in the United States. The Edgewood Area of APG was also established in 1917 when the Army Ordnance Department acquired land 16 miles from Aberdeen and built a plant for the production of chemical munitions. This area was known as Edgewood Arsenal. The July 1971 merger of Edgewood Arsenal and Aberdeen Proving Ground created a unique combination of activities and missions.
• Today, APG is recognized around the world as a leader in the research, development, testing and evaluation of materiel.
• With Base Realignment comes the electronics and communications activities which realign and complement support for the war fighter.

For more information on Aberdeen Proving Ground visit their website:

www.apg.army.mil