“Illegitimi Non Carborundum”
Last Updated: 11/22/2017 08:15
WELCOME TO DENVER!
The
Denver
website
was
created
to
augment
the
original
PMEL.ORG
site
with
news
and
events
taking
place
in
the
Denver
area
for
the
benefit
of
both
in-state
and
out-of-state
PMEL/Metrology
members,
keeping
them
informed
of
various
social
events
taking
place
during
the
year.
This
website
took
on
more
significance
with
the
transference
of
Lowry’s
Metrology
School
to
Keesler
AFB,
Mississippi.
With
Lowry
AFB’s
BRAC
closure
in
1994,
PMEL/Metrology
operations
as
such
ceased
to
exist
in
the
Denver
Metro
Area.
However…there
remained
hundreds
of
PMEL
instructors
and
staff
members
who
settled
in
the
region
after
having
taught
for
years
in
the
Metrology
School prior to having retired from the military.
While
Lowry
AFB’s
Metrology/PMEL
school
was
still
in
operation
there
were
numerous
PMEL
social
functions
maintained
throughout
the
year,
including
an
annual
winter
gathering
during
the
month
of
December
and
an
annual
summer
gathering
in
the
form
of
a
picnic,
usually
held
on
the
Fitzsimons
Army
Medical
Center’s
picnic
grounds.
Instructors
and
school
staff
members,
along
with
their
families,
would
be
in
attendance
with
numbers
reaching
into
the
hundreds
on
occasion.
There
would
also
be
well-attended
monthly
gatherings
for
those
interested
at
the
Sunset
Lounge,
a
local
pub near Lowry AFB.
With
the
passage
of
time,
attendees
have
fallen
off
the
roles,
resulting
in
fewer
showing
up
for
these
events.
So
long
as
we
have
one
or
two
in
attendance
and/or
continue
to
experience
site
visitations,
we
will
try
to
keep
it
up
and
running
to
honor
the
commitments,
the
involvement,
and
the
memories
keeping
the
Metrology
School’s
spirit and past alive!