Known as the "Home of Ordnance," Aberdeen Proving Ground has been training personnel since its founding in 1918. Today Aberdeen provides this training to over 20,000 individuals each year, both domestic and foreign.

At Aberdeen Proving Ground the standing mission is to provide the highest quality installation management, operation and support services in a timely manner through the full involvement and commitment of our people.

AML deploys worldwide and conducts health threat surveillance for biological, chemical, radiological, occupational/environmental health and endemic disease threats at the theater level to protect and sustain the health of the force across the full spectrum of military operations and be capable of providing tailored teams.

CBRNE operations are related to those actions that detect, identify, assess, render-safe, dismantle, transfer and dispose of unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and CBRNE hazards. These operations also include decontaminating organic personnel and property exposed to CBRN materials during response.

The 22nd Chemical Battalion deploys teams inside and outside the continental U.S. to conduct technical escort, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) hazard characterization, monitoring, disablement and elimination support operations. They also provide weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and CBRN incident emergency response, homeland defense and contingency support operations to combatant commanders and lead federal agencies. In addition this unit offers site remediation and restoration support operations for the Department of Defense.

The 80th Division (Institutional Training) is made up of over 2,700 Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to 40 units in Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is committed to providing quality goods and services at low prices in an effort to support MWR programs. Roughly 2/3 of all AAFES earnings go towards these programs.