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Apprentice Jeremy Brackett changing out the tooling

Apprentice Jeremy Brackett changing out the tooling in his second year of the Watervliet Arsenal apprentice program.

Although not part of this upgrade, the Watervliet Arsenal

Although not part of this upgrade, the Watervliet Arsenal manufactures the howitzer barrels for every Paladin howitzer. Here, a 155mm Paladin barrel is being removed from the furnace where it was heated to nea... More

A cannon tube is being placed on a cooling rack after

A cannon tube is being placed on a cooling rack after having just left the rotary forge at the Watervliet Arsenal. The tube was heated to nearly 2,000 degrees.

Machinist Margaret Paone working a vertical milling

Machinist Margaret Paone working a vertical milling machine to produce a part for the 81 mm mortar system. Paone, as do most machinists here, is working in thousandths of an inch tolerance. She is the only fe... More

Watervliet Arsenal staff get ready for the job fair

Watervliet Arsenal staff get ready for the job fair the arsenal conducted Jan. 19, 2017.

Matthew Muschett, left, getting hands-on training from

Matthew Muschett, left, getting hands-on training from Benet Laboratories' mentor Dr. Quentin Hudspeth.

Watervliet Arsenal third-year apprentice Jeffrey Empie,

Watervliet Arsenal third-year apprentice Jeffrey Empie, left, is coaching second-year apprentice Richard Bennett how and why each cannon tube is pressed up to 900 tons of pressure.

Lt. Col. Joseph Novak, right, briefing Assistant Secretary

Lt. Col. Joseph Novak, right, briefing Assistant Secretary of the Army Bruce Jette, center, about the product improvements for the Paladin howitzer. Novak is with the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems.

John Snyder, a member of Nascar driver Jimmy Spencer's pit crew, expla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF Release Status: Released to... More

Future workload requirements have dramatically risen

Future workload requirements have dramatically risen over the past six months for such products as the 120mm Abrams tank cannon system. In this photo, a 120mm tank barrel is heated to nearly 2,000 degrees just... More

Tech. Sgt. Lisa Harris explains to Senior Airman Eric

Tech. Sgt. Lisa Harris explains to Senior Airman Eric Owens all the College Level Examination Program tests available for him to take Jan. 3. The 407th Expeditionary Services Education Center gives service memb... More

The last shipment of armor kits departing the arsenal

The last shipment of armor kits departing the arsenal in April 2010, thus ending a six-year, $100 million production line at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Watervliet Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow, center,

Watervliet Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow, center, briefing New York American Legion Commander John Sampson, left, while Arsenal Deputy Commander Joseph Turcotte looks on. Sampson toured the arsenal Jan. 19, 2017

Army Benet Laboratories' Nathaniel Klein, right, briefing

Army Benet Laboratories' Nathaniel Klein, right, briefing Lt. Col. Joseph Novak, left, and Assistant Secretary of the Army Bruce Jette, center, about the product improvements for cannon systems. Novak is with t... More

Harry S. Truman and Other Fellow Army Reservists

Caption: From left to right: Harry S. Truman, unidentified man, John Snyder, Harry Vaughan, and unidentified man at Army Reserve Camp. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Ha... More

Robert Pfeil volunteered to march in more than 20 parades

Robert Pfeil volunteered to march in more than 20 parades the Arsenal supported since 2009.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola standing in front of the Watervliet Arsenal's rotary forge during his visit to the Arsenal on April 6, 2017.

Watervliet Arsenal first-year apprentice Patrick Fisher

Watervliet Arsenal first-year apprentice Patrick Fisher setting up a lathe to make the first machining cut of his Army career.

U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal Newsletter: April 2017

Link to Newsletter: https://www.slideshare.net/Watervliet_Arsenal/us-army-newsletter-from-the-watervliet-arsenal-april-2017

Arsenal First-year Apprentice Dewayne Scully-Irvin

Arsenal First-year Apprentice Dewayne Scully-Irvin is checking the before and after of what is called a breech collar for the 155mm howitzer system for India. Photo by John B. Snyder, Watervliet Arsenal.

New York American Legion Commander John Sampson, center

New York American Legion Commander John Sampson, center with white cap, observing a heated tube about to enter the rotary forge during his visit to the arsenal Jan. 19, 2017

This is the former Watervliet Arsenal crest that was

This is the former Watervliet Arsenal crest that was retired in October 2016. Note the rich history and resemblance to the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps.

James Evans, left, said the training opened his eyes

James Evans, left, said the training opened his eyes regarding the day-to-day dangers of working with hazardous materials, at home and at work.

Scott Evertsen, the Arsenal’s energy manager, left,

Scott Evertsen, the Arsenal’s energy manager, left, discussing with contract representative Michael White about the scope of the contract that will improve energy use by the large heating and ventilating units ... More

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola checking out a 60mm mortar tube during his visit to the Watervliet Arsenal on April 6, 2017. In the photo with Troiola, is NY President of the America... More

Newsletter from the Watervliet Arsenal

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- A gathering of key stories and photos that capture some of the action at the Army's manufacturing center at Watervliet, New York for the month of March 2017. Lead story is about how ... More

The Watervliet Arsenal conducted its first on-post

The Watervliet Arsenal conducted its first on-post job fair last January and the interest was so strong that prospective applicants waited in the cold for an opportunity to speak to personnel and manufacturing ... More

Hudson Valley Community College David Larkin, left,

Hudson Valley Community College David Larkin, left, showing Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow some of the layout of the new Advance Manufacturing Skills center that the college will open in 2019.

Arsenal Machinist Supervisor Terry Van Vranken leading

Arsenal Machinist Supervisor Terry Van Vranken leading the American Legion through one of the Arsenal's production buildings. The Arsenal hosted the American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola a... More

Congressman Paul Tonko, left, with Secretary of the

Congressman Paul Tonko, left, with Secretary of the Army Mark Esper, second from the left, asking Chief of Manufacturing John Zayhowski, second from right, a question about the manufacturing of a cannon tube.

After nearly 100 years with the same unit crest, the

After nearly 100 years with the same unit crest, the Watervliet Arsenal adopted this revised crest/logo in October 2016 as part of a business development strategy revision.

Airborne Artillerymen assigned to 3rd Battalion, 319th

Airborne Artillerymen assigned to 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery conduct live fire missions as the sun was rising over Sicily Drop Zone, on Fort Bragg, ... More

Sheridan M-551 and crew members of the 3d Squadron,

Sheridan M-551 and crew members of the 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Vietnam, 1969

A stack of 155mm howitzer barrels for the Paladin

A stack of 155mm howitzer barrels for the Paladin self-propelled howitzer system are waiting for final painting and packaging before shipment in May 2018..

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola, right, observing a tube press machine as it places hundreds on tons of pressure on a barrel for the purpose of straightening the barrel. Troiola visi... More

Although not part of this upgrade, the Watervliet Arsenal

Although not part of this upgrade, the Watervliet Arsenal manufactures the howitzer barrels for every Paladin howitzer. Here, a 155mm howitzer barrel is being forged after being heated to nearly 2,000 degrees.

Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow thanking Vietnam

Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow thanking Vietnam War Veteran Jeff Dishaw during the Arsenal's town hall on September 20, 2017.

New York American Legion Commander John Sampson checking

New York American Legion Commander John Sampson checking out a 60mm mortar tube during his Jan. 19, 2017 visit to the Watervliet Arsenal.

Watervliet Arsenal lands its largest contract in decades to support......

This 155mm howitzer tube had just been sent through the arsenal's rotary forge where it was heated to nearly 2,000 degrees and pounded into the near shape of a cannon tube.

Watervliet Arsenal Director of Human Resources Tina

Watervliet Arsenal Director of Human Resources Tina Pond, left, Director of Installation Management William O'Brien, center, and Management Assistant Letoshia Abell getting fired up about the job fair just prio... More

News from the Army's Oldest Arsenal

In this monthly newsletter called The Salvo, are the key stories and photos for the Army's arsenal at Watervliet, N.Y. for January 2017. The key story is about the arsenal landing its largest contract in a gen... More

Chief of Manufacturing John Zayhowski, second from

Chief of Manufacturing John Zayhowski, second from left, briefing Congressman Paul Tonko and Secretary of the Army Mark Esper, right. Arsenal commander Col. Joseph Morrow is to the left.

Former Arsenal toolmaker and now a professor at the

Former Arsenal toolmaker and now a professor at the Hudson Valley Community College, James Hamilton, left, takes the lead from Apprentice Supervisor Robert Day, right, to explain the tight machining tolerances ... More

Machinist Supervisor Henry Tanner, left, getting an

Machinist Supervisor Henry Tanner, left, getting an update from Apprentice Derrell Barefield on the production floors this month. Barefield is using a "traveler" document to explain where he is in the machinin... More

Government Quality Assurance Inspector John Michaels

Government Quality Assurance Inspector John Michaels checking the fluid from a magnetic-particle inspection area.

High school students from Sullivan County, N.Y., observing

High school students from Sullivan County, N.Y., observing hundreds of tons of pressure being applied to a howitzer during their tour to the Watervliet Arsenal on Feb. 16, 2017.

Prospective applicants at the Watervliet Arsenal's

Prospective applicants at the Watervliet Arsenal's job fair that was conducted on Jan. 20, 2017.

Arsenal Apprentice Program Supervisor Robert Day, pointing,

Arsenal Apprentice Program Supervisor Robert Day, pointing, is explaining the machining operation that uses extreme cold for mortar production to high school students from Sullivan County, N.Y.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola, right, with NY State American Legion Adjutant James Casey observing cannon production at the Watervliet Arsenal on April 6, 2017.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J.

American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola standing at the entrance to the Watervliet Arsenal just prior to his starting on April 6, 2017. This was Troiola's first visit to the Arsenal.

Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve

Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Cusano, right, is walking intern Murphey Zhang through a quality operation on a howitzer tube. Zhang is a student at the University of Southern California.

Soldiers at the Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness

Soldiers at the Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany are testing out their new 120mm mortar training aide designed at the ARDEC-Benet Laboratories.

Arsenal Apprentice Program Supervisor Robert Day, with

Arsenal Apprentice Program Supervisor Robert Day, with back toward the camera, is leading high school students from Sullivan County, N.Y., through the arsenal's heat treatment area. The students are in a two-y... More

Arsenal training was recently taken out of the classroom

Arsenal training was recently taken out of the classroom and into the firehouse to ensure that everyone had a sense of challenges and requirements to responding to hazardous material exposure. Here, Arsenal pu... More

Sgt. Dominic Spucches, left, closing out his interview

Sgt. Dominic Spucches, left, closing out his interview with Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten in the Arsenal's historic Big Gun Shop. Capt. Scotten, who is a public affairs noncommissioned officer with the Personne... More

Manufacturing students from Hudson Valley Community

Manufacturing students from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., visited the Watervliet Arsenal in April. Their professor, James Hamilton, was once a toolmaker at the Arsenal and he provided a lot of... More

Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Cusano,

Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Cusano, left, is checking intern Murphey Zhang's analysis of the quality of the bore of a 155mm howitzer tube.

Watervliet Arsenal production painter Thomas Barnes

Watervliet Arsenal production painter Thomas Barnes is checking the tolerances of the cerakote ceramics film that he had just applied to a 155mm howitzer barrel for the Paladin system.

Watervliet Arsenal machinist Chris Herold is positioning

Watervliet Arsenal machinist Chris Herold is positioning a 155mm howitzer tube into a new lathe.

Arsenal Machinist Supervisor Terry Van Vranken, left,

Arsenal Machinist Supervisor Terry Van Vranken, left, explaining the rifling machining operation to American Legion National Vice Commander Vincent J. Troiola, red cap, during a visit by the Legion to the Arsen... More

This is the start of an article written for and in

This is the start of an article written for and in the 1934 American Legion's national magazine by then Brig. Gen. William H. Tschappat, the Assistant Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army. His words then, still... More

M551 Sheridan light tanks cross the desert during an

M551 Sheridan light tanks cross the desert during an Opposing Forces exercise at the National Training Center. The tanks have visual modifications designed to make it resemble Soviet armor.

Master Mechanic Rafael Velez, right, is training Arsenal

Master Mechanic Rafael Velez, right, is training Arsenal Machine Inspectors Shane Forkel, right, Joe Santoro, second from left, and Production Machinery Mechanic Bill Root on how to measure the adjustments that... More

Robert Pfeil standing in an exhibit in the Arsenal

Robert Pfeil standing in an exhibit in the Arsenal museum in 2011. Pfeil was the museum curator from 2008 until it closed in 2013.

Watervliet Arsenal Machinist Steve Luther is checking

Watervliet Arsenal Machinist Steve Luther is checking the tracking paperwork on a 81 mm mortar tube to ensure the tube is ready for its next machining operation.

Watervliet Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector

Watervliet Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Luther is getting a 60mm mortar tube ready for inspection in July 2017. Photo by John B. Snyder, Watervliet Arsenal.

Arsenal General Foreman Scott Huber, left, leads the

Arsenal General Foreman Scott Huber, left, leads the New York American Legion commander and his team through the arsenal production bays Jan. 19, 2017

Watervliet Arsenal town hall conducted this month in

Watervliet Arsenal town hall conducted this month in the Big Gun Shop honored and recognized nine Veterans who had served in the Vietnam Theater of Operations in the 1960s and 70s.

Traditional HAZMAT training at the Watervliet Arsenal

Traditional HAZMAT training at the Watervliet Arsenal involves the Arsenal's firefighters and local responders working hand-in-hand such as seen here in April 2016.

Newsletter from the Army's Oldest Arsenal

Here is the latest news and photos for the Watervliet Arsenal for the month of January 2017. The lead story is about the Arsenal receiving the largest contract in a generation. Here are the links to the U.S. A... More

A 155mm howitzer tube, left, and a 120mm Abrams Tank

A 155mm howitzer tube, left, and a 120mm Abrams Tank tube await their next machining operation at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Prior to new machines being installed at the Watervliet

Prior to new machines being installed at the Watervliet Arsenal, a significant amount of foundation work must first be performed. After a nearly two-year procurement process, a hollow-spindle lathe was placed ... More

ARDEC-Benet Labs' George Hathaway, left, and Robert

ARDEC-Benet Labs' George Hathaway, left, and Robert Facteau are testing the 120mm mortar training aid at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Watervliet Arsenal General Foreman Scott Huber, left,

Watervliet Arsenal General Foreman Scott Huber, left, briefing the New York American Legion Commander John Sampson, right, and his team during Sampson's visit to the arsenal Jan. 19, 2017

Schenectady High School senior Matthew Muschett standing

Schenectady High School senior Matthew Muschett standing by his science project at the New York state science and technology competition in March 2018.

Master Mechanic Rafael Velez, right, and Arsenal Machine

Master Mechanic Rafael Velez, right, and Arsenal Machine Inspector Shane Forkel checking the measurements of an adjustment they had just made to a large grinding machine.

Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve

Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Cusano, left, is guiding intern Murhey Zhang through an inspection of a howitzer bore. Zhang is a student at the University of Southern California.

Hudson Valley Community College Manufacturing Technical

Hudson Valley Community College Manufacturing Technical Systems Professor David Larkin, pointing, is showing arsenal commander Col. Joseph Morrow, center, the colleges machine laboratory.

From Left: Joseph Turcotte, deputy commander; James

From Left: Joseph Turcotte, deputy commander; James Schlegel, U.S. Army Reserves: David O'Rourke, U.S. Marine Corps; Ron Nichols, U.S. Marine Corps; Ken Farley, U.S. Army; Jeff Dishaw, U.S. Navy; James Best, U... More

Former Arsenal toolmaker James Hamilton, right, explaining

Former Arsenal toolmaker James Hamilton, right, explaining to his students how he once used the cutter grinder during his 23 years here. Hamilton is now a professor at the Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.

Some of the processes that were taught during this

Some of the processes that were taught during this apprentice class in 1919 are now just being updated. "Travelers" are hard-copy documents that track every machining operation on such items as tank, howitzer,... More

In the late 1880s, the Watervliet Arsenal began a

In the late 1880s, the Watervliet Arsenal began a transformation from a maker of saddles to a maker of cannons. This 19th century post card depicts the first 16-inch gun being manufactured at the Watervliet Ar... More

New York State American Legion Department Commander

New York State American Legion Department Commander John Sampson standing at the entrance to the Watervliet Arsenal during his visit Jan. 19, 2017

Scott Evertsen, the Arsenal’s energy manager, right,

Scott Evertsen, the Arsenal’s energy manager, right, discussing with contract representative Joseph LaVigne about the scope of the contract that will reduce energy costs by replacing hundreds of vapor and fluor... More

Machinist Margaret Paone working a vertical milling

Lt. Col. Joseph Novak, left, listening to a question

Lt. Col. Joseph Novak, left, listening to a question from Assistant Secretary of the Army Bruce Jette, center, about the product improvements for the Paladin howitzer. Novak is with the Program Executive Office... More

Several 120mm Abrams tank breech block forgings in

Several 120mm Abrams tank breech block forgings in the foreground have just arrived at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Instructor Michael Mennella reviewing the previous

Instructor Michael Mennella reviewing the previous instructions with Watervliet Arsenal students prior to a test.

Arsenal Chief of Manufacturing John Zayhowski, center

Arsenal Chief of Manufacturing John Zayhowski, center pointing, briefing Assistant Secretary of the Army Bruce Jette, second from right, and Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow, right, about the rotary forge operations.

Prospective applicants still in a line one hour after

Prospective applicants still in a line one hour after the arsenal opened the job fair Jan. 20, 2017. More than 900 prospective applicants visited the arsenal in a seven-hour period.

Brig. Gen. Alfred Abramson, Deputy Program Executive

Brig. Gen. Alfred Abramson, Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition and Senior Commander at Picatinny Arsenal, taking a look at rifling tools the Arsenal uses for artillery barrels.

New machine arriving in 2013 at the Watervliet Arsenal.

New machine arriving in 2013 at the Watervliet Arsenal. Each new machine adds not only enhanced capability, more often they add capacity. In essence, they are much faster than the legacy machine that they replaced.

A 155mm howitzer tube is leaving an arsenal furnace

A 155mm howitzer tube is leaving an arsenal furnace where it was heated to nearly 2,000 degrees en route to the rotary forge. After an approximate 15 minutes of forging, the tube will have the near finished sh... More

Government Quality Assurance Inspectors, John Michaels,

Government Quality Assurance Inspectors, John Michaels, left, and Robert Powers, conducting an unannounced audit on a machine operation earlier this month.

Hundreds of inefficient lighting in the Watervliet

Hundreds of inefficient lighting in the Watervliet Arsenal's production bays will be replaced thanks to a $14.2 million contract that will upgrade the arsenal's energy footprint.

Soldiers at the Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness

Soldiers at the Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany are testing out their new 120mm mortar training aide designed at the ARDEC-Benet Laboratories.