Ceremonies recognize BRAC completion, post transformation

By Special to APG NewsSeptember 1, 2011

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Aberdeen Proving Ground marks the formal completion of the Base Realignment and Closure process and acknowledges the transformation of the installation's missions with two ceremonies Sept. 15, the day BRAC law requires completion of the required actions.

APG will highlight its new "team" in a BRAC Completion Ceremony at the post's main parade field, Fanshaw Field, at 8:30 a.m.

The event will feature a symbolic flag ceremony that highlights the missions of the incoming organizations as well as the legacy organizations which have built the installation's reputation for successfully supporting Soldiers to date. Eleven organizations have arrived at APG as part of the BRAC process.

Following the ceremony at 11 a.m., the C4ISR Materiel Center of Excellence will bring closure to its relocation from New Jersey and other locations with a C4ISR Center of Excellence Dedication Ceremony in the campus courtyard.

This ceremony will acknowledge the tradition of C4ISR excellence created at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and celebrate the new future of C4ISR at APG.

C4ISR moved 7,260 employee positions, 120 laboratories and 80,000 pieces of equipment to APG without any interruption to its support to Soldiers. Fort Monmouth will hold its closure ceremony Sept. 13.

C4ISR organizations will exhibit a variety of Army communications equipment and technology in the campus courtyard as tangible examples of the world-class systems provided the Soldier by the new Center of Excellence.