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WRP Military Asset List (MAL)

Within the Western Regional Partnership (WRP) region, there are significant military testing and training installations and ranges. WRP developed summaries from all of the Services and the National Guard, describing the history, missions, and importance of these assets.

These summaries use only publicly available information and are written for the policy maker new to military issues and the military savvy person needing specific military information. It is our hope that WRP Partners use these summaries as a tool for land use planning efforts to encourage compatible growth and ensure future mission viability. Incompatible development (encroachment) comes in many forms but for the military, it means those issues that affect their ability to fulfill their mission on land, in the sea, or in the air. These military summaries are for general planning purposes.

Attached New Mexico MAL summaries:

Air Force: • Cannon Air Force Base • • • Melrose Air Force Range

Army: • • Fort Bliss Training Center • White Sands Missile Range

National Guard: • New Mexico • New Mexico Army National Guard

Military Asset List 2016

U.S. Air Force CANNON AIR FORCE BASE : NEW MEXICO

Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) is located on the high plains of Eastern New Mexico, near the panhandle. It is named in honor of the late Gen. John K. Cannon, former commander of the . Beginning as a small passenger facility for civilians in the 1920’s, the military established a presence at the air

base in 1942. The 27th Special Operations Wing (SOW) is the host unit of Cannon AFB. From 1959 until 2007, Cannon AFB hosted a fighter wing. Today, Cannon AFB is the

location of one of only four active- Top: Air Commandos from the 27th Special duty Special Operations Wings Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron position themselves for the final flight of within Air Force Special "Heavy Metal," an AC-130H Spectre gunship, Operations Command. prior to its retirement April 8, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo) Cannon AFB had an estimated economic impact of $688 million Bottom: Air Commandos with the 27th on the local economy in 2011. Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron practice putting out an aircraft fire during an FAST FACTS exercise Aug. 14, 2015. Airmen conducted joint fire training on base with a Clovis, N.M., fire department as part of a mutual aide » Location: Curry County, NM (near Clovis) agreement. (U.S. Air Force photo)

» Land Area: 3,789 acres Left: An AC-130H Spectre 2 » Special Use Airspace: 188,222 nautical miles gunship soars over the Jockey 14 memorial. This unique » Military Personnel (est.): 4,600 airframe has since been retired from military service. (U.S. Air » Civilian Personnel (est.): 600 Force photo)

CONTACT

Public Affairs Office (575) 784-4131

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Military Asset List U.S. AIR FORCE CANNON AFB : NEW MEXICO

UNIT MISSIONS

27th Special Operations Wing (27th SOW): The primary mission of the 27th SOW is to execute specialized airpower from a premier installation. The wing's core missions include close air support, agile combat support, information operations, precision strike, forward presence and engagement, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, and specialized mobility. Includes wing staff agencies and the following groups:

o 27th Special Operations : Conducts infiltration/exfiltration, combat Above: The 26th Special Tactics Squadron support, tilt-rotor operations, aerial refueling, close air support, unmanned performs push-ups dedicated to the aerial vehicle operations, non-standard aviation and other special missions. memory of Senior Airman Mark Forester, Includes the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron; 3rd, 9th, 12th, Sept. 29, 2015. Forester was killed in action 16th, 20th, 33rd, 318th, and 524th Special Operations Squadrons; and the when he put himself in direct line of fire to 56th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron. save a teammate’s life in Afghanistan on Sept. 29, 2010. He posthumously received o 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group: Executes global special the Silver Star medal for his heroism in operations tasks as an Air Force component member of U.S. Special battle against an enemy of the United Operations Command. Responsible for all flightline and backshop States. (U.S. Air Force photo) maintenance in support of assigned AC-130W, MC-130J, CV-22, U-28A, C- 146A, and MQ-1/9 aircraft. Provides contract oversight of civilian maintenance on two Non Standard Aviation program aircraft types. Includes the 27th and 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance BASE COMMANDER RANK Squadrons, and 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron.

o 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group: Provides housing, facilities/infrastructure, fire protection, environmental management,

explosive ordnance disposal, disaster preparedness, food service, law

enforcement and security, communications, personnel support, and other base services, as well as recreation activities for the base. Includes the 27th TESTING & TRAINING RANGES Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron; 27th Special Operations Melrose Air Force Range Communications Squadron; 27th Special Operations Contracting Squadron; 27th Special Operations Force Support Squadron; 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron; and the 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » Began as a civilian air field in the 1920s o 27th Special Operations Medial Group: Provides a wide range of services » Over 50 years of consecutive service to include: family practice, pediatrics, women's health, optometry, flight » Began purchasing wind power in 2002 medicine, human performance training, dental, public health, » Several at-risk species are in the allergy/immunizations, mental health, family advocacy, bioenvironmental vicinity of the range, including lesser engineering, laboratory services, pharmacy, diagnostic imaging, physical prairie chickens and burrowing owls therapy and health and wellness. Includes the 27th Special Operations » Base Realignment and Closure Aerospace Medicine Squadron; 27th Special Operations Medical Operations threatened to close Cannon in 2005; Squadron; and the 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron. however, an intense effort by eastern NM communities, the State of New Mexico, and the Congressional For more information, please see < http://www.cannon.af.mil > Delegation resulted in the assignment of a new mission to Cannon.

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U.S. Air Force HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE : NEW MEXICO

Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) is located in the heart of the Chihuahua Desert near the White Sands Missile Range and the City of Alamogordo. It was established in 1942 as Alamogordo Army Air Field and renamed in 1948 after Colonel George Holloman, a pioneer in aircraft automatic landing systems and remotely piloted aircraft. The of is the current host wing of the base.

After World War II, Holloman AFB was a premier facility for Above: An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the developing and testing guided missiles and pilotless aircraft. 314th Fighter Squadron taxis toward its new home in the hangars at Holloman Air Force During the 1990s, base, N.M. The 314th FS is the second squadron to transfer from Lukeafb. (U.S. Air Holloman was home to the Force photo / Released) F-117A Night Hawk. The Left: An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line of Air Force retired the F- Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The MQ-9 117 in 2008. That same Reaper is a medium-to-high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft system. (U.S. year, Holloman welcomed Air Force photo / Released)

the F-22A Raptor, making

the 49th Wing the only active Air Force unit to have operated two stealth platforms. Holloman’s MISSION F-22 aircraft were relocated to , in 2014. Deploy Combat Ready Airpower in Today, the 49th Wing is the only active duty formal training unit for Support of Global Operations.

U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft. The base trains MQ-1 Predator Develop the World’s Best Professional and MQ-9 Reaper pilots, sensor operators, and maintenance technicians. RPA Enterprise. Holloman has 18 tenant units that include the German Air Force Support Team Holloman, Our Airmen Flying Training Center (GAF FTC), which trains GAF Tornado pilots, and and Their Families. the 54th Fighter Group, which trains U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots.

Holloman AFB has an estimated economic impact of $482.1 million per year (as of 2013).

FAST FACTS

» Location: Otero County, NM (near Alamogordo, NM) CONTACT » Land Area: 59,639 acres Public Affairs Office 2 » Special Use Airspace: 2,256 nautical miles (575) 572-7383

» Military Personnel: 3,882

» Civilian Personnel: 780

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Military Asset List U.S. AIR FORCE HOLLOMAN AFB : NEW MEXICO

UNIT MISSIONS

» 54th Fighter Group: Train the world’s greatest F-16 pilots while deploying mission ready warfighters. » 96th Test Group: Provide technically superior test and evaluation in support of the warfighter. » German Air Force Flying Training Center (Deutsche ): The German Air Force has been training its aircrews in the since 1958, and at Holloman AFB since 1996.

» Det 1, 82d Aerial Targets Squadron: Provide full-scale aerial targets for the Above: The 50,788 ft. (almost ten miles) Department of Defense and Foreign Military Sales customers. test track is the longest and fastest in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo) » : The 49th Operations Group supports national security objectives, as directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by utilizing remotely piloted aircraft. Includes the 49th Operations Support Squadron, the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, the 9th Attack Squadron, the 29th Attack Squadron, COMMANDER RANK and the 16th Training Squadron. Colonel » 49th Maintenance Group: The 49th Maintenance Group maintains aircraft, propulsion, avionics and accessory systems for the T-38 Talon, MQ-1B Predator TESTING & TRAINING RANGES and MQ-9 Reaper. Includes the 49th Maintenance Squadron and the 49th White Sands Missile Range Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. » 49th Missions Support Group: The 49th Mission Support Group provides UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS logistics and personnel, readiness, force protection, and infrastructure support » Initially designed to support the for 18,000 people supporting the F-16 Fighting Falcon, 26 associate units, and British Overseas Training program German Air Force (GAF) Flying Training Center. In addition, it oversees where the British government environmental compliance for 59,000 acres of land, provides base and local hoped to train far from the disaster response; supports NASA’s space shuttle mission and deploys as interference of German Luftwaffe directed by JCS to support worldwide contingency tasking’s. Includes the 49th fighters and bombers. Civil Engineering Squadron, 49th Force Support Squadron, 49th Security Forces Squadron, 49th Communications Squadron, and the 49th Logistics Readiness » Trained (Holloman Aero- Squadron. Medical) and ENOS (Man in Hebrew), two chimpanzees who » 49th Medical Group: Sustain and enhance a culture of safety, maximize combat pioneered space flight. readiness, enhance access to quality patient care, and develop our Airmen and » On December 10, 1954, Lt. Col. our staff. Includes the 49th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, the 49th Medical Operations Squadron, and the 49th Medical Support Squadron. (Dr.) John P. Stapp rode a rocket propelled test sled to a record » 49th Materiel Maintenance Group: A world-class team of diverse professionals speed of 632 miles per hour. providing mission-ready equipment for global power and reach -- anytime, » Served as a major filming area for anywhere, at a moment's notice. The group is responsible for the storage, the movie Transformers (2006) and inspection, repair, deployment and accountability of bare base assets. Includes th its sequel in 2008. the 49 Materiel Maintenance Squadron and the 49 Materiel Maintenance Support Squadron. » In 1960, Captain Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. broke four world For more information, please see < http://www.holloman.af.mil > records when he stepped out of an open balloon gondola at 102,800ft. » With the departure of the F-22, Holloman AFB returned to its World War II roots as a training base.

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U.S. Air Force KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE : NEW MEXICO

Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) is adjacent to southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, between the Sandia and Manzano mountain ranges. The base is named in honor of Colonel Roy C. Kirtland, an early Army aviator. The 377th Air Base Wing is the host unit on Kirtland AFB, supporting more than 100 mission partners.

The base is home to the Above: Kirtland was the base Air Force Research to acquire a Humvee Egress Assistance Laboratory, a scientific Trainer, or HEAT. The Humvee training simulator helps teach driving techniques and research organization egress procedures to Airman, ultimately reducing accidents and preserving dedicated to leading the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo)

discovery, development, Left: This state-of-the-art, 145,000 square and integration of affordable aerospace warfighting technologies. foot facility at Kirtland hosts the Air Force The base is also home to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Research Laboratory, the Air Force's only organization wholly dedicated to leading the The center’s mission is to deliver nuclear capabilities and discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space winning solutions warfighters use daily to deter and assure. and cyberspace forces. AFRL traces its roots to the vision of airpower pioneers, who In fiscal 2014, Kirtland AFB had an estimated economic impact of understood science as key to . $3.8 billion on the local economy. The passionate commitment of AFRL people to realize this vision has helped create the world's best air, space and cyberspace force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

FAST FACTS

» Location: Albuquerque, NM MISSION STATEMENT 377th ABW The 377th Air Base Wing conducts nuclear » Land Area: Approximately 52,000 acres operations; organizes trains, equips, and deploys expeditionary forces; and operates, » Military Personnel: 3,125 active duty; 1,068 Air National secures, and supports Kirtland Air Force Base.

Guard and Air Force Reserve

» Civilian Personnel: 3,648 CONTACT Public Affairs Office » Contractors: 10,846 (Sandia National Labs and others) (505) 846-5991

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Military Asset List U.S. AIR FORCE KIRTLAND AFB : NEW MEXICO

UNIT MISSIONS

» Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center: Delivers nuclear capabilities and winning solutions warfighters use daily to deter and assure. » 377th Air Base Wing: Conducts nuclear operations; organizes, trains, equips, and deploys expeditionary forces; and operates, secures, and supports Kirtland AFB. » 58th Special Operations Wing: Trains mission-ready special operations, combat search and rescue, missile site support, and UH-1 distinguished visitor airlift crews directly supporting air expeditionary forces for the world’s best aerospace force. » 150th Special Operations Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard: Trains mission-ready special operations and combat search and rescue crews through th total force integration with the 58 Special Operations Wing. Provides precision targeting and geospatial intelligence to the Air Force and joint warfighters. Above: The “Team Kirtland” logo. (U.S. Air Force)

» Air Force Inspection Agency: Provides independent and timely assessments of acquisition, nuclear surety, operations, logistics, support and health care to Air

Force senior leadership by identifying critical deficiencies and recommending improvements for accomplishing peacetime and wartime missions. » Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center: Tests and evaluates new INSTALLATION weapon system capabilities in operationally realistic battlespace environments COMMANDER’S RANK to provide fact-based, decision-quality data to inform decision makers on a Colonel range of accurate, balanced and timely assessments of effectiveness, suitability and mission capability.

» Air Force Safety Center: Preserves and enhances combat capability through resource preservation for both Airmen and equipment by eliminating mishaps. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate: Serves as the Air » Home of the Air Force Research Force's center of expertise for directed energy and optical technologies. Laboratory, including the Phillips Develops and transitions technologies in four core technical competencies: Research Site, the Directed Energy lasers systems, high power electromagnetics, weapons modeling and simulation, Directorate, and the Space Vehicles and directed energy and electro-optics for space superiority. Directorate » Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicle Directorate: Serves as the Air » Home of the Air Force Nuclear Force's center of expertise for space technology research and development. Weapons Center Develops and transitions space technologies to provide space-based capabilities. » Home of the Air Force Safety Center Primary mission area thrusts include space-based intelligence, surveillance and » Home of the 58th Special Operations reconnaissance, space situational awareness, space communications, position Wing navigation and timing, and defensive space control. » Home of the Air Force Operational Test » Advanced Systems and Development Directorate: Develops, tests and and Evaluation Center headquarters evaluates Air Force space systems, executes advanced space development and » Shares runway with Albuquerque demonstration projects, and rapidly transitions capabilities to the warfighter. International Sunport » Detachment 1, 342nd Training Squadron: Provides the highest quality training of pararescuemen and combat rescue officers capable of worldwide deployment for rescue and recovery operations. » Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Safeguards America and its allies from weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives) by providing capabilities to reduce, eliminate, and counter the threat, as well as mitigate their effects.

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Military Asset List U.S. AIR FORCE KIRTLAND AFB : NEW MEXICO

» 705th Combat Training Squadron: Develops, integrates and delivers Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC) capabilities and training to prepare warfighters for combat in joint and coalition environments through exercises, training, tactics, techniques and procedures, warfighter readiness, testing, experimentation, tactical to operational-bridged events, and standards development. » Operationally Responsive Space: Advances the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. » Department of Energy: Ensures America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. » Sandia National Laboratories: Develops technologies to sustain, modernize, and protect the nation’s nuclear arsenal, prevents the spread of weapons of mass destruction, defends against terrorism, protects our national infrastructures, ensures stable energy and water supplies, and provides new capabilities to U.S. armed forces.

For more information, please see < http://www.kirtland.af.mil >

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U.S. Air Force MELROSE AIR FORCE RANGE : NEW MEXICO

Melrose Air Force Range (MAFR) is located approximately 25 miles west of Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), in the New Mexico plains, outside the town of Melrose. The U.S. Air Force began using the range in 1952, when it leased the land from the State of New Mexico and private landowners.

Today, the U.S. Air Force owns the majority of Melrose AFR.

Recently, the State of New Mexico, the New Mexico State Land Office, and the collaborated on a 74-year lease, adding approximately 10,000 acres of State Trust Land to MAFR.

The 27th Special Above top: Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing Operations Contracting Squadron and 27th Special Operations Comptroller Squadron set (SOW) manages the up tents and organize equipment during an exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo) range and it is available to U.S. and Allied forces. The range provides a unique Above bottom: Medics conduct training at Melrose Air Force Range. Twenty-one teams place for realistic training of ground and air force general of elite EMTs from 22 installations across the Air Force convened at Cannon Air Force Base, purpose and special operations forces. N.M., for two days of innovative, high-octane competition. (U.S. Air Force photo) FAST FACTS Left: A Serviceman from Cannon AFB fires a 50-caliber weapon out the back of a CV-22 » Location: Curry County (near Melrose) Osprey while flying over Melrose AFR. (U.S. Air Force photo) » Land Area: ~70,000 acres

» Sorties: ~3,400 per year UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » Electronics Countermeasure facility for 2 » Special Use Airspace: ~2,500 miles advanced training

» In January 2012, U.S. Air Force accepted a land grant of 10,000 acres from the State of New Mexico, expanding the For more information, please see < http://www.cannon.af.mil/ > ranges live-fire ranges and desert and urban warfare training operations.

CONTACT Public Affairs Office (575) 784-4131

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U.S. Army FORT BLISS : NEW MEXICO & TEXAS

With most of its land located in New Mexico, Fort Bliss MISSION STATEMENT Fort Bliss sustains, trains, mobilizes, and stretches from El Paso, Texas, north to the Lincoln National deploys both military and civilian Unified Forest, New Mexico. Although it can trace its history to 1848, Action Partners to conduct global Unified Land Operations, develops leaders, and Fort Bliss has been at its present location since 1893. Currently, supports Army capabilities integration; provides for the well-being of our Soldiers, the fort is under the command of the U.S. Army Forces Command Airmen, DoD Civilians, and other Federal Employees, Families, and Veterans in (FORSCOM), which is the U.S. Army’s largest command. partnership with El Paso and other surrounding communities in Texas and New In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission Mexico. recommended turning Fort Bliss into a heavy armor training post. This change added thousands of new jobs to the area. As VISION STATEMENT Fort Bliss is the enduring, premier Unified part of this realignment, Fort Bliss historically welcomed the 1st Land Operations training center, force Armored Division “Old Ironsides” to its ranks on May 24, 2011. generation and projection installation, and home of Army capabilities integration. Fort As one of the fastest Bliss enables Unified Action Partners the ability to train, modernize and integrate growing Army expeditionary forces in a realistic, diverse, and complex environment and to installations in the strategically deploy them across the globe United States, Fort Bliss to conduct decisive action against dynamic and evolving threats. has a current estimated Left: An M1A2 Abrams crew fires during direct spending gunnery exercises at Range 88, McGregor Range, New Mexico. Gunnery exercises test contribution of ~$5.5B, the skills of the Abrams crew to ensure they are qualified to operate the tank. (U.S. Army that correlates to an estimated $18.2B annual economic impact photo) (GDP impact).

FAST FACTS

» Location: El Paso, TX and Doña Ana and Otero Counties, NM

» Land Area: 1.2 million acres

2 » Special Use Airspace: 1,597 nautical miles

» Total Population Supported: 169,000 CONTACT Public Affairs Office

» Military Personnel: 34,000 (915) 744-8498

» Civilian Personnel: 11,000

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Military Asset List U.S. ARMY : NEW MEXICO & TEXAS FORT BLISS

UNIT MISSIONS COMMANDER RANK » 1st Armored Division (“Old Ironsides”): The largest FORSCOM asset on the Major General installation serves as a USCENTCOM Regionally Aligned Headquarters in support of security cooperation, provides trained and ready forces to Combatant Commanders, supports the Army's Network Integration Exercise (NIE) program, TESTING & TRAINING RANGES and is prepared to serve as a Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters and conduct Decisive Action operations worldwide. Includes 1st Brigade Combat » Team; 2nd Brigade Combat Team; 3rd Brigade Combat Team; 1st Armored Division » Doña Ana Base Camp Complex Combat Aviation Brigade; 1st Armored Division Artillery and the 1st Armored » McGregor Range Base Camp/Complex Division Sustainment Brigade. » Oro Grande Base Camp » Iron Warrior Training Complex (Virtual » 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) (“Blackjack”): A FORSCOM Training) asset, 32AAMDC rapidly deploys forces to conduct joint and combined/coalition air and missile defense operations for the regional combatant commanders. Includes 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » Established in 1848 » Joint Task Force North: As an element of U.S. Northern Command, JTFN detects, » Named after William Wallace Smith Bliss, monitors, and supports the interdiction of suspected transnational threats within a soldier in the Mexican-American War and along the approaches to the continental United States; fuses and disseminates » Largest FORSCOM installation in the intelligence, contributes to the common operating picture; coordinates support to Army primary federal agencies; and supports security cooperation initiatives in order to » Home of the 1st Armored Division “Old secure the homeland and enhance regional security. It is a multiservice Ironsides” Department of Defense organization focusing on counterterrorism and anti-drug » Largest training area in the Army (965K initiatives. acres) » Largest joint mobilization platform in the » William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC): A Medical Command asset, Army WBAMC’s mission is to provide innovative, life-saving care to the largest power projection platform in the Army in support of any mission, anytime, anywhere; » Longest runway in the Army cultivate talented medical professionals into tomorrow’s medical leaders through » Largest contiguous airspace in the Army education and cutting-edge research; and promote a safe environment of care to » Nominated as pilot facility for “net zero” support a System for Health and fitness for our community. WBAMC offers a broad energy consumption and largest, highest range of programs in many medical disciplines. Presently, there are 70 physicians rated energy efficient housing in training, 27 interns and 43 residents. community in the Army » Army’s largest Digital Multipurpose » Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA): Falling under the Army’s Range Complex Training and Doctrine Command, USASMA provides professional military education » Home to testing the latest technology that develops enlisted leaders to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex (Network Integration Evaluation] world. It was founded in July 1972, and graduated its first students in 1973. Since » Location of William Beaumont Army that time USASMA, operating under TRADOC, has graduated more than 120,000 Medical Center Soldiers from various Noncommissioned Officer Education System courses, and » Location of the Kay Bailey Hutchison continually adapts to meet the needs of our nation's defense. Desalination Plant (World’s largest inland desalination plant) » Brigade Modernization Command (BMC): BMC is a directorate under the Army » Largest bowling facility in the Army Capabilities Integration Center which falls under TRADOC. It conducts physical » Largest banquet center in the Army integration and evaluations of the network, capability packages and other adaptive » Home to Freedom Crossing Shopping and core capabilities in order to provide doctrine, organization, training, materiel, Center (first open-air shopping center on leadership and education, personnel and facilities recommendations to the Army. a U.S. military installation)

» Publishes the Fort Bliss Bugle » Garrison: As an Installation Management Command asset, the Garrison Command » Central Fort Bliss is also home to the El provides installation support services and manages the day-to-day operations of the post. Reporting organizations include: Directorate of Human Resources; Paso Intelligence Center, Joint Task Force Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation; Directorate of Plans, North, and the U.S. Army Sergeants Training, Mobilization and Security; Directorate of Public Works; Directorate of Major Academy Emergency Services; Religious Support Office; Office of Equal Employment Opportunity; Legal Assistance.

For more information, please see < https://www.bliss.army.mil >

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U.S. Army FORT BLISS TRAINING CENTER : NEW MEXICO

The Fort Bliss Training Center is part of the largest DoD controlled airspace in the world and can accommodate every weapon system in the US Army. The post is comprised of state-of- the-art training areas, ranges, and facilities. The installation’s ranges have the distance and depth that allow equipment to be tested to the fullest extent. The McGregor, Orogrande, and Doña

Ana Ranges are an integral part of the Fort Bliss Training Center Above: A U.S. Army Patriot missile (FBTC). launches and seeks out a target at McGregor Range. (U.S. Army photo) McGregor Range consists of withdrawn public lands and

Army fee-owned lands. Withdrawn public lands are managed jointly by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Army. Its primary usage is to maintain the operational readiness of active duty, reserve, and National Guard units through various live-fire training events, maneuver operations, and field exercises.

The McGregor

Range Complex

consists of 40 small arms ranges and 10 Left: Military aircraft return to base after deploying Soldiers to a “” during NIE 16.1. air defense missile (U.S. Army photo)

firing ranges.

The base camps

on the McGregor and Orogrande Range Complexes can support the training requirements of most operating forces. The Orogrande Range

Complex primarily supports platoon/company level gunnery ranges. It includes a Digital Multipurpose Range Complex, the CONTACT Army’s only Digital Air/Ground Integration Range and a Public Affairs Office: 915-744-8498 Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, a 270 degree live-fire village along with a few small arms ranges.

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FBTC : NEW MEXICO

The Doña Ana Range Complex is located approximately 20

miles south of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Left: In preparation for an exercise, crewmembers conduct emergency fire mission 25 miles northwest of training with their Self-Propelled, Full Tracked, 155mm M109A6 howitzer (Paladin) within the Fort Bliss. As such, it Doña Ana Range Complex, New Mexico. (U.S. Army photo) connects Fort Bliss to the White Sands Missile

Range. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » McGregor/Orogrande Range The Doña Ana Range Complex supports a variety of live-fire Complexes: training maneuvers and scenarios. More specifically, it contains o Public recreation is permitted as long as military training is not 19 ranges for small arms, crew served, armor, mechanized impacted o infantry, and aerial gunnery. It includes a Multi-Purpose Range Danish, Belgian, German, Japanese, and other allied air Complex - Heavy, two Digital Multi-Purpose Training Ranges, and defense units have conducted annual service practices on the two Scout/RECCE Gunnery Complexes. Artillery and mortar firing Fort Bliss Training Center for boxes/points allow for tube launched munitions to be fired. There over 30 years are four villages that support training in an urban environment. » Doña Ana Range Complex: o Hosts a New Mexico Army National Guard mainentance facility. o Contains six dining facility buildings, two available maintenance facilities, and the FAST FACTS capability to accommodate about 1,700 personnel » McGregor/Orogrande Range Complexes:

o Location: Otero County

o Land Area: 695,355 acres

» Doña Ana Range Complex:

o Location: Otero and Doña Ana Counties

o Land Area: 295,538 acres

For more information, please see < https://www.bliss.army.mil >

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U.S. Army WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE : NEW MEXICO

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a uniqe tri-service Army installation, conducting defense-related testing for all military services, private industry and our allied nations. Established as the White Sands Proving Ground in 1945, WSMR is home to two National Historic Landmarks. Site, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated and Launch Complex 33, where the first V-2 rockets were launched as part af Above: White Sands Missile Range tests the the emerging U.S. rocket program following World War II. Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (U.S. Army photo) WSMR is located in the between the Left: WSMR’s missile park displays more Sacramento and San Andres than 60 missiles. (U.S. Army photo) mountain ranges. With no

outlet to the sea, the vast, MISSION STATEMENT White Sands Missile range provides Army, closed basin created the Navy, Air Force, DoD and other customers world’s largest gypsum field with high quality services for experimentation, test, research, assessment, – the White Sands National development and training in support of the Nation at war. Monument, which is located VISION STATEMENT within the borders of WSMR. Our goal is to become the leading live and WSMR has an estimated virtual range facilities for component, integration and Joint system of system daily impact to the local economy of $4.7 million per day. efforts in support of wartime efforts by providing the best, most innovative, flexible services to our customers. FAST FACTS CONTACT » Location: Doña Ana, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln and Otero Public Affairs Office Counties, New Mexico (575) 678-1134 » Land Area: 2.2 million acres 2 » Special Use Airspace: ~11,000 nautical miles » Military Personnel: 381 active duty

» Civilian Personnel: 1,971 (+ 2,674 Contractors)

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Military Asset List U.S. ARMY WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE : NEW MEXICO

UNIT MISSIONS

» White Sands Test Center (WSTC): Plans, prepares, and executes developmental testing for Army systems, including rockets and missiles, unmanned aerial systems, and directed energy systems. Safeguards the Army’s sole remaining research reactor. » The 46th Group, U.S. Air Force at White Sands, New Mexico: The Air Force’s liaison with WSMR. Conducts a broad range of air-related testing in technology areas as diverse as radar cross-section measurement, GPS-denial, munitions/missile performance, and aircraft survivability. Above: White Sands Missile Range hosts » Naval Surface Warfare Center Detachment White Sands: Conducts a wide variety of open-air tests at naval facilities ranging from remote sites to fully the annual Bataan Memorial Death March developed locations tailored to specific weapons systems. Transportation, (U.S. Army photo) fabrication, logistics, ordnance storage, assembly, and test conduct teams are in place to provide one-stop testing. COMMANDER RANK Army Research Laboratory (ARL): Provides America’s soldiers the technology » Brigadier General edge through scientific research, technology development, and analysis. The

Laboratory has two elements located at WSMR – the Computational and

Information Sciences Directorate and the Survivability & Lethality Analysis UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS Directorate. » The U.S. Army’s largest over-land test » Center for Counter Measures (CCM): Directs, coordinates, supports, and installation conducts independent countermeasure/counter-countermeasure test and » Testing ground for the Trinity project, evaluation activities for United States and foreign weapon systems, subsystems, 49,000 acres of which is a National sensors, and related components. Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places » National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA): Provides accurate and timely » Testing ground for the V-2 Project, a analysis of worldwide gravity, satellite, and positional information, including National Historic Landmark imagery and mapping control for navigation, safety, intelligence, positioning and » Highly diverse, natural environment targeting in support of national security objectives. with most terrain types, to include high » TRADOC Analysis Center (TRAC): Conducts high-resolution analyses of brigade desert sands and grasslands (4,000 ft.) and battalion operations, life cycle costs of new equipment, and training to high wooded mountains (9,000 ft.). effectiveness. » Home of the WSMR Museum » WSMR is rich with fossil tracks from » National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA): Two NASA mammoths, camels, and other Plio- organizations are located on WSMR. The White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Pleistocene era species conducts rocket propulsion, hypervelocity, propellants, aerospace fluids and » The White Sands Pupfish is an composite pressure vessel testing. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System endangered fish species, native to the Tularosa Basin which is located in the (TDRSS) site is a ground tracking station for the NASA Space Network, capable of center of the missile range. providing near continuous high bandwidth telecommunications services for low » In the 1960’s, New Mexico released earth orbiting user spacecraft and expendable launch vehicles, including the Oryx (an African antelope) on WSMR Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. and currently about 3,500 roam the installation. » Site of the San Andres Wildlife Refuge For more information, please see < http://www.wsmr.army.mil >

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Military Asset List 2016

New Mexico National Guard NEW MEXICO AIR NATIONAL GUARD : NEW MEXICO

The New Mexico Air National Guard is an element of the New Mexico National Guard and part of the U.S. Air Force. The 150th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB, is the main operating unit. The New Mexico Air National Guard was federally recognized July 7, 1947 as the 188th Fighter Bomber Squadron; changing to fighter- interceptor in 1948. The unit was re-designated as the 150th Tactical Fighter Group in 1957 and renamed the 150th Fighter Wing October 1995. The unit was renamed the 150th Special Operations Wing

December 1, 2013 through a Total Force Integration with the 58th Above: Members of the 150th Medical SOW with a new mission as a special operations training unit. Group, New Mexico Air National Guard The unit was called to annotate paperwork and deliver a vial of blood for processing. The 150th Medical active duty for the Group Guardsmen get the opportunity to hone in on their skills as medical Korean Conflict in technicians and are able to help the hospital with patients while promoting December 1950 and community service. (National Guard photo) Republic of Vietnam in

1968. Left: A new mural was placed on October 27, 2015 for all to see when they enter the The New Mexico Air 150 Special Operations Wing. This new sign depicts the current mission sets the wing National Guard is currently executes. This also marks a way composed of State Headquarters, the 150th SOW, 150th Maintenance forward into the future of unit. (National Guard photo) Group, 150th Operations Group, 150th Mission Support Group, 150th

Medical Group, 250th Intel Squadron, and 210th Red Horse Squadron. MISSION STATEMENT The New Mexico Air National Guard The wing supports domestic and world-wide Combatant Commander trains United States Air Force special tasking’s. operations and combat search and rescue aircrews The New Mexico National Guard has an estimated annual impact of over $247 million on the local economy. CONTACT 150th Special Operations Wing FAST FACTS (505) 474-2644

» Military Personnel: 1,005

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Military Asset List New Mexico National Guard NEW MEXICO AIR NATIONAL GUARD: NEW MEXICO

UNIT MISSIONS

» New Mexico Air National Guard State Headquarters

» 150th Special Operations Wing (“The Tacos”): The 150th Special Operations Wing’s mission is to train mission-ready Special Operations and Combat Search and Rescue crews through a Total Force Integration with the 58th Special Operations Wing. The wing also includes the 250th Intelligence Squadron which provides precision Targeting and Geospatial Intelligence to Air Force & Joint Warfighters. The 150th is also responsible for training and equipping more than 1,000 Wing personnel to support both state and federal missions.

Above: Logo of the 150th SOW. For more information, please see < http://nm.ng.mil >

COMMANDER RANKS » Adjutant General: Major General » 150th SOW: Colonel

TRAINING & TESTING RANGES » White Sands Missile Range

UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS » Host unit is 150th Special Operations Wing located at Kirtland AFB

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Military Asset List 2016

New Mexico Army National Guard NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD : NEW MEXICO

With a long and storied history, the New Mexico Army National Guard has existed under three flags since the time of the Spanish conquistadors and has played decisive roles in nearly every major conflict since the Spanish-American War, including participating in the legendary charge of San Juan Hill under Teddy Roosevelt and pursuing Pancho Villa after his forces raided Columbus, NM.

Above: 126th Military Police Company Today, the New Mexico conducts Raven UAV training in a desert near Las Cruces, N.M. (NMNG Photo) Army National Guard includes units from the 1st Left: National Guard members participate in trials at the Whittington Center range in Battalion, 200th Infantry; Raton, N.M. 11 marksmen were overseen as they engaged multiple types of firing 64th Civil Support Team, 226th MP BN, 515th CSSB BN and the 44th tables with three different weapons. The Soldiers will be participating in the Regional Army Band. The New Mexico Air National Guard consists of the National Guard Marksmanship Tournament in . (Released, U.S. Army Photo) 150th Special Operations Wing, which operates out of Kirtland Air

Force Base.

The New Mexico National Guard has an economic impact of over VISION STATEMENT The New Mexico National Guard will $247 million on the local economy. defend the nation from foreign enemies, protect lives and property here at home, and assist in building better citizens and contributors to New Mexico and the FAST FACTS Nation.

» Land Area: 1,100 acres

» Military Personnel: 2,824 CONTACT Public Affairs Office » Civilian Personnel: 298 plus 169 others (505) 474-1102

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Military Asset List New Mexico Army National Guard NEW MEXICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD : NEW MEXICO

UNIT LOCATIONS

ALBUQUERQUE GALLUP SANTA ROSA 44th Army Band 1116th TRANS CO (MED DET 1, 720th Trans CO 1209th Med Det TRK) 126th MP CO CBT SPT Det 4, JFHQ (MED DET) ESPANOLA TAOS CO D, 1st BN, 200th IN 1115th Transportation CO

CLAYTON SANTA FE ROSWELL DET 2, 1115th TRANS CO JFHQ HHC 717th BSB CSS HQ 515th RTI 920th ENG CO CLOVIS 93rd TC th CO A, 717 BDE SPT C CO, 1st BN 171st RATON Above: New Mexico National Guard logo GSAB DET 1, 1115th Trans CO

COMMANDER RANK Major General LAS CRUCES FARMINGTON RIO RANCHO CO C, 3rd BN, 140th AV 226th MP BN 111th MEB DET 1, 126th MP CO CBT DET 1, 1116th TRANS 64th CST (WMD) TRAINING & TESTING RANGES CO B (SMC), 717th BDE SPT HHC, 1st BN, 200th IN CO Stallion BN Camp Luna 613th FSC DET 1, 920th ENG CO

CO A, 1st BN, 200th IN

CO B, 1st BN, 200th IN UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS LAS VEGAS BELEN KIRTLAND AFB The New Mexico National Guard rapidly 720th Transportation CO HHD 515th CSSB 150th Special Operations and competently expands the operational Wing capacity of the U.S. Army by providing trained, equipped and ready Solders and

units. These units range from small, elite teams to highly effective battalion, brigade SPRINGER and air wing organizations across the 615th Transportation BN spectrum of combat, combat support, and combat service support functions. Over the past decade, NM Guard members have deployed in support of operations in , Afghanistan, Balkans, Sinai and other For more information, please see locations across the globe.

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