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The museum, the second oldest U.S. Army museum, just reopened to the public in June 2023 after a four year remodel.
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — The Rock Island Arsenal is hosting a program to share resources with military retirees at the annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day event on Saturday, Oct. 14.
Military retirees from throughout the greater Quad-Cities area are invited to the annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day on Rock Island Arsenal from 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in ...
some 300 projects are running through the Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center to help with military readiness. Right now, it's working on a side project in partnership ...
The Rock Island Arsenal could receive up to $85 million in funding to go toward military readiness after the House Appropriations Committee approved additional spending this week. The House of ...
Rock Island Arsenal is our nation’s largest government owned and operated arsenal. The importance of the island was identified as early as 1809, when it was set aside as a federal military ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Today’s INSI6HT takes a deeper look into an important community aspect of the Rock Island Arsenal: supporting military families. When one member of a family is enlisted ...
The memorial was created in 2010, as members of the Rock Island Arsenal military community carried more than 250 bricks weighing over 2,000 pounds on a 5-mile “Sharing the Burden” road march ...
This is the first of a series of six articles looking at the 160-year history of Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. The first article will look at the arsenal from its establishment as a military fort ...
The Rock Island Arsenal was established in 1862 on the site of a former military fort, but construction on the arsenal itself did not get underway in earnest until after the Civil War. Between ...
I will continue to lead the efforts to strengthen Rock Island Arsenal in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act. I look forward to continuing our shared mission on military readiness and ...