Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 04.29.2024
KEKAHA, Hawaii – Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, holds it's annual Earth Day event April 26. Elementary school students and PMRF environmental partners gather on PMRF for a beach clean-up and stations to learn about each partners' mission....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Lisa Ferdinando | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.12.2023
Kauai Chamber of Commerce donates $17,600 for Pacific Missile Range Facility’s Navy Birthday Ball, making the gala event free for junior sailors and a reduced price for all other participants....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 09.28.2023
One program, designed to protect albatross, earned the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services-Hawaii, partnered with PMRF, the Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 07.20.2023
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii - The endangered ʻŌpeʻapeʻa, or Hawaiian Hoary Bat, is a solitary, tree roosting bat. The pups, or babies, cannot fly and hang in the trees so it is recommended to not trim trees taller than 15 feet during pupping season, which is June1-September 15....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 07.14.2023
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii - PMRF’s Independence Day celebration, America’s Most West Freedom Fest, came back in full swing in 2023, opening up to the public for the first time since the Coronavirus pandemic. This event featured live entertainment from Cruz Control, Waylon Nihipali, and the headliner, Common Kings, who brought the event to an end after the fireworks....
Story by Lisa Ferdinando | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 06.21.2023
“This process is a sacred duty that honors the iwi kūpuna and preserves the connections to the past,” Pacific Missile Range Facility Cultural Resources Manager and Archaeologist Tara del Fierro said. The annual Mauiki‘iki‘i O Ke Kauwela, Summer Solstice, ceremony, at Pacific Missile Range Facility honors the past ancestors of western Kaua‘i, and places in 'eternal rest' the......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 01.19.2023
The environmental team at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, works with the BASH initiative in order to conduct the annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program. This program conducts searches for albatross eggs on the airfield and other hazardous areas of the testing and training facility in order to find them safer homes on other parts of the islands of Kaua`i or O`ahu....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 01.17.2023
In the continued effort to keep a positive working relationship with the environment, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, has a program to help preserve these essential pollinators. The installation’s bee program is fully maintained and operated by volunteers....
