US Army Heritage and Education Centre

Today was going to be a travel day with little in the way of planned visits but I suspected that something would pop up of interest, and I was correct.

I was heading down Interstate 81 when suddenly I saw a field of military vehicles and bunkers to my right.  It was clear that this was a museum of sorts as opposed to an active military base due to the fact that the vehicles were not current issue.  I took the next exit and worked my way back to the area and discovered that I was at the US Army Heritage and Education Centre which is adjacent to the United States Army War College where hand-picked Lieutenant-Colonels and Colonels go to develop Strategic Leadership.

The Heritage and Education Centre was geared, I felt, more towards the younger crowd with the ability to lift up soldier's kit, to see how much different rifles weigh and even a mock rifle range, although clearly the rifles sights were off as I managed to hit the grand total of zero targets !

I was far more interested in the vehicles outside which are laid out in a walking trail of slightly over a mile and cover all the periods of conflict.  I shall let them speak for themselves: