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Yuma Proving Ground

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Since its early days, Yuma Proving Ground has been a desert environmental test center for all types of military equipment and materiel. However, developmental and a variety of other types of testing of artillery systems and ammunition, aircraft armament and targeting systems, mobility equipment, and
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opened at YTC in late July 2009. General Motors built the facility at a cost of more than $ 100 million after closing its desert automotive test facility in Mesa, Arizona, that had been in operation since 1953. The new facility allows General Motors and Army automotive testers to test their wheeled
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test facility in the western hemisphere. Realistic villages and road networks representing urban areas in Southwest Asia have been constructed and are used for testing counter-measures to the threat of roadside bombs. It is estimated that the track can be used to test about 80 percent of the Army's
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Camp Laguna lasted only until the end of World War II. The Yuma Test Branch was closed in 1949 and reactivated two years later as the Yuma Test Station, under the operational control of the Sixth U.S. Army. In 1962, the station was named Yuma Proving Ground and reassigned to the U. S. Army Materiel
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Of the four extreme natural environments recognized as critical in the testing of military equipment, three fall under the management authority of YPG. Realistic natural environment testing ensures that American military equipment performs as advertised, wherever deployed around the world. YPG
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The Army constructed a second facility in 1865, the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, to act as a supply base for Army posts throughout Arizona and parts of New Mexico. Supplies were delivered by riverboats and transported from the depot to military outposts by wagon. After Fort Yuma and the Yuma
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air delivery systems, not necessarily desert environmental-related, now comprise the bulk of the workload. A heavy investment in technology and a highly skilled soldier-civilian workforce makes the proving ground a significant social and economic component of the local community.
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Command as an important component of the Test and Evaluation Command. On 26 July 1973, it officially received its full name – U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. The following year it was designated as a Department of Defense Major Range and Test Facility Base.
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was constructed on a hill overlooking the important Yuma crossing of the Colorado River. Soldiers at Fort Yuma maintained peace and protected the important Yuma crossing, which was used by thousands of travelers each year.
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Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
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About 10 percent of the YTC's workload is training. In a typical year, dozens of units come to the facility for realistic desert training, especially before deploying overseas.
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for duty at combat fronts throughout the world, from North Africa to the South Pacific. Abandoned campsites and tank trails can still be found on the proving ground.
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Yuma Proving Ground traces its history to Camp Laguna and the Army Corps of Engineers Yuma Test Branch, both activated in 1943. Located on the Colorado River, the
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fly at the proving ground each year from the six airfields located at YTC, as do helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft conducting personnel and
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conducted testing on combat bridges, amphibious vehicles, and boats. Tens of thousands of mechanized and infantry soldiers were trained at
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drops take place, 200,000 miles (320,000 km) are driven on military vehicles, and over 4,000 air sorties are flown from YTC's
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Quartermaster Depot closed in the 1880s, the Army did not return to Yuma on a permanent basis until World War II.
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Laguna Army Airfield complex, featuring two runways – 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and 5,150 feet (1,570 m).
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Yuma Proving Ground census blocks, Census Tract 206, La Paz County and Census Tract 105, Yuma County, Arizona
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YTC's primary ranges: Cibola Range, Kofa Range, and the Laguna Test Area where YPG headquarters in located
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manages military equipment and munitions testing at three locations: The Arctic Regions Test Center at
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More than 3,000 people, mostly civilians, work at YTC, which is the largest employer in Yuma County.
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An M1126 infantry carrier vehicle undergoes tropical environment testing at a TRTC site in Hawaii.
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George A Bannar Wind Tunnel at YTC is the world's largest, supporting eight simultaneous jumpers.
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Specialized facilities for testing countermeasures for the defeat of roadside bombs, such as the
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Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection tent testing at a TRTC site, after being tested at YTC
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courses for testing tracked and wheeled military vehicles, over 600 miles (1,000 km) of
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used the Laguna Army Airfield at YTC to achieve a 48.2 hour endurance record and first
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Over 200 miles (300 km) of improved road courses for tracked and wheeled vehicles
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Tropic Regions Test Center—conducted in various locations but managed out of YPG
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National Counterterrorism/Counterinsurgency Integrated Test and Evaluation site
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A small unit support vehicle undergoes testing on ARTC's Mobility Test Track.
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YTC encompasses 1,307.8 square miles (3,387.2 km²) of the northwestern
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Arctic Regions Test Center—located at Fort Greely, AK but subordinate to YPG
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prepare to breach a building during a mock helicopter raid at YTC, part of
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Soldiers test a new modular body armor system in the extreme cold at ARTC.
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A 55-mile (89 km) overland artillery range, the longest in the nation
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YTC offers the following for testing, evaluation, and training purposes:
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It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 313.
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Game-changing unmanned aircraft tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
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Many friendly foreign nations also visit YTC to conduct test programs.
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A robotic vehicle undergoes mobility testing on a bump course at ARTC.
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Cargo and personnel parachutes, including guided systems technologies
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Examples of various testing at the Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC)
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certification of an unmanned aircraft to fly in civilian air space.
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Examples of testing at various Tropic Regions Test Centers (TRTCs)
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Material corrosion testing at TRTC's Breakwater Exposure Site in
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Yuma Proving Ground CDP, Arizona – Racial and Ethnic Composition
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and conducts tests on nearly every weapon in the ground combat
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Ground weapons systems from small arms to long range artillery
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The presence of the U.S. Army in Yuma goes back to 1850, when
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Examples of the various tests and activities conducted at YTC
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Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Support Laboratory
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cable linking test locations, and the most modern mine and
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climbs a 60° incline, part of performance testing at YTC.
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systems to acquire, reduce and transmit data in real time
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YPG's headquarters is located at its YTC in southwestern
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U.S. Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course
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YPG, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (official homepage)
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Tracked and wheeled vehicles in a desert environment
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33°01′04″N 114°15′11″W / 33.0178°N 114.253°W / 33.0178; -114.253
YPG is located in Arizona
United States
United States Army
https://www.yuma.army.mil
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Military Free-Fall School
John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School

Terminal Attack Controllers
24th Special Operations Wing

Tethered Aerostat Radar System
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Proving Ground
military installations
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
La Paz County
Yuma County

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