Brig. Gen. Daniel Duncan, the Joint Munitions Command’s commander, addresses an audience gathered for a rail yard ribbon cutting ceremony held May 19 at Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Indiana. (Randy Tisor, Crane Army Ammunition Activity)
CRANE, Ind. ─ Army and Navy officials gathered on May 19 at Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Indiana for a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a new explosive railcar holding yard.
The state-of-the-art holding yard ensures CAAA’s ability to support its retrograde mission and simultaneously conduct high-volume munitions outload by providing a net explosive weight of one million pounds and adding approximately 11,000 linear feet of track.
Retrograde is a function of ammunition material management where excess and unserviceable munitions are returned to the appropriate storage facility or depot for disposition. Upon return to the installation, retrograde munitions must be sorted and inventoried, because of this,...
05.27.2025 | CRANE , INDIANA, US |
Story by Dori Whipple
