Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 06.05.2025
Capt. Brett Stevenson, outgoing commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, was relieved by Capt. Robert Prince during a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay. Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, officiated the turnover. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 06.05.2025
Capt. Brett Stevenson, outgoing commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, was relieved by Capt. Robert Prince during a change of command ceremony. Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, officiated the turnover. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 04.26.2024
KEKAHA, Hawai‘i (April 26, 2024) Students visiting Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, look for debris during a beach clean-up during PMRF's Earth Day Celebration. A total of 112 students from four local schools visited PMRF for the annual Earth Day Celebration. During the event participants cleared 208 pounds of debris from the beach at Waiokapua Bay. Students were......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 02.15.2024
KEKAHA, Hawai‘i (Feb. 15, 2024) Master-Ar-Arms Seaman Apprentice Shaun Rivers completes the all terrain vehicle (ATV) Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) on Pacific Missile Range Facility(PMRF), Barking Sands, Hawaii. ATVs are a crucial asset for security forces at PMRF and are needed to traverse the many different types of terrain on the installation. PMRF is the world's largest......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 01.12.2024
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, is the world's largest instrumented multi-domain range, capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air, and space operations simultaneously. Located in southwestern Kauai, PMRF supports the warfighter with testing, training and innovation. With over 1,100 square miles of instrumented underwater range and over 42,000 square miles of......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 12.12.2023
KEKAHA, Hawai‘i (Dec. 12, 2023) Tessa Broholm, a wildlife biologist with USDA Wildlife Services, collects an egg from a Laysan Albatross and attaches marking bands to a bird on Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands. Biologists at PMRF, in support of the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard initiative, conduct the annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program to collect albatross eggs......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.19.2023
Katelyn Umetsu completes her Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) qualification onboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Kekaha, Hawaii, October 19. ARFF is the final qualifcation for someone to be a member of the PMRF Fire and Emergency Services Department. (U.S. Navy Video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Louis Lea)...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom and Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Russell | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.01.2022
220701-N-NB544-1176 PEARL HARBOR (July 01, 2022) Adrian Martinez of the Pacific Missile Range Facility addresses Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division and Alpha Troop 2-6 Air Cavalry Squadron, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, at a SINKEX Safety Brief during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 01. SINKEX events, short for “sink at-sea live-fire training exercises,” use decommissioned......
