Archives for 2017

After being in publication for 67 years, the Missile Ranger, the White Sands Missile Range weekly post newspaper, will no longer be distributed in hard copy format, but will be available in a digital format instead. The change will take place Jan. 26, when the last printed issue of the Missile Ranger will be distributed. […]

Army Test and Evaluation Command Commander Maj. Gen. John Charlton visited White Sands Missile Range Jan. 17 to 19. Charlton, who assumed command in December, visited several of WSMR’s key facilities to get a firsthand look at the installation’s test capabilities. We asked him a couple of questions during his visit in regards to his […]

By Lt. Jackie Pau CNO Deputy Public Affairs Officer The Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson visited White Sands Missile Range Jan. 25. Richardson toured several key Navy facilities at WSMR to include the High Energy Laser System Test Facility, Desert Ship and the Missile Assembly Facility. The CNO’s Public Affairs Officer Lt. Jackie […]

In November 2014 the White Sands Missile Range Cultural Resources Program executed a Memorandum of Agreement in support of the demolition of the Green River Test Site in Green River Utah, an annex to WSMR. The site was determined to be an eligible Historic Military District. GRTS was originally built in support of the United […]

Before kicking off another busy year for the White Sands Missile Range Test Center, the organization took advantage of its slow period to test their data equipment’s accuracy. The team tested their optics, telemetry, radar, GPS and real-time display equipment Jan. 10 to 13. “We take advantage of this down time to improve operational readiness,” […]

  Capt. Gregory Youngblood is the Aide-de-Camp to White Sands Missile Range Commander Brig. Gen. Eric L. Sanchez. Youngblood has served in the Army for a little over four years and comes from a military background with both his father and his grandfather having served in the military. We asked Youngblood a couple of questions […]

  By J. D. Edwards Army Air The last UH-1 Huey, tail number 74-22478, made its final flight as a U. S. Army operated aircraft Dec. 15, 2016. This was the very last UH-1, one of the “Dirty Dozen”, to be proudly flown over southern New Mexico before it was transferred to the Louisiana State […]

  Phillip Bond, an Operation Research Analyst at White Sands Missile Range has accepted a two-year assignment at the U.S. Military Academy, also known as West Point, where he will be teaching courses in Systems Engineering and Operations Research. He will begin teaching in mid to late June of 2017. Can you tell me a […]

  Three wounded Veterans got the chance of a lifetime after being awarded authorization to hunt oryx on White Sands Missile Range last year as part of a special drawing by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for injured military service members. The effort, initially presented by Patrick Morrow, WSMR Biologist, to the […]

White Sands Missile Range Garrison Commander Col. Dave Brown hosted the installation’s second Community Information Exchange at the Post Theater Jan. 10. The exchange was created as an information exchange outlet where representatives from every organization at WSMR talk about upcoming events and address any issues the community may have. Brown reminded attendees that there […]