JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. –
Many base facilities are slated to close or reduce hours of operation May 27 as Team Andrews celebrates Memorial Day.
The base library, The Club at Andrews and the East Fitness Center will be closed. The West Fitness Center will be open for normal operating manned and unmanned hours, but all classes will be cancelled.
The Andrews Base Exchange will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. , and the Commissary will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Freedom Hall Dining Facility will be operating on a standard holiday schedule as well.
Despite tradition, the base pool and splash park will not open this Memorial Day as extensive repairs are being made.
"The pool and splash park is a facility our community looks forward to enjoying every summer," said Alison Mabins, 11th FSS Outdoor Recreation director. "Our customers' safety is our number one priority, and the pool liner must have a smooth surface to avoid our patron being cut."
Mabins said the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron is hard at work and are targeting a late June opening date of June 20.