Outpost Outspoken

Host James Gilbert interviews Department of Public Works Director Luke Bailey about the complexity of YPG's facilities and infrastructure. Also, Host Ana Henderson talks with Army Substance Abuse Program Manager Scott Zaehler about the Army's Employee Assistance Program.

Host James Gilbert talks with Fleet Manager Adam Wood about telematics that are revolutionizing the management of the post’s large support vehicle fleet. Plus, Host Ana Henderson chats with Child and Youth Service Coordinator Sommer Cloinger about Month of the Military Child and the post's youth services.

Host Mark Schauer interviews Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Scott Fenstermacher about Yuma Proving Ground's 'Zero Mils to Safety' initiative. Plus, Host Ana Henderson talks with Army Community Services Director Clarissa Benavides about National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

From the frozen ranges of Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), Host Mark Schauer talks with Kevin Cummings, a forestry major from Massachusetts whose career at CRTC began by happenstance. Plus, Schauer chats with Hannah Henry, a Delta Junction, Alaska native who didn't know of CRTC's existence prior to working there. Also, Schauer talks with assistant test officer Danielle Schmidt, a Wisconsin native who learned of CRTC from her roommate.

From the frozen ranges of Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), Host Mark Schauer talks with Steven Prewitt, a Marine Corps veteran and current National Guard NCO working as a test officer at CRTC after years of testing experience in the Marine Corps. Plus, Schauer chats with Expeditor Gene Eggleston, a Vietnam veteran and career Alaska Department of Transportation foreman about his active retirement years supporting CRTC's test mission.

On this volunteer episode, Host Mark Schauer talks with YPG Plans and Operations Director Jeff Tatar, who has devoted countless volunteer hours in the Yuma community over the past three decades. Plus, Host Ana Henderson chats with Adam Ghannoum, a general engineer with YPG's Public Works Directorate who volunteers with the Yuma County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Unit.

Host Mark Schauer talks with Electronic Warfare Team Lead Yogendra Shrestha about the branch’s extraordinarily specialized test mission. Plus, Host Ana Henderson discusses Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month with Army Community Services Director Clarissa Benavides.

Host Mark Schauer talks with Robert Valencia, a heavy equipment mechanic and crane operator who supports the test mission in remote locations across Yuma Proving Ground's vast ranges. Plus, Host Ana Henderson chats with Tammy Ramos of YPG's Education Center about the services the center provides soldiers.

On the season five debut of Outpost Outspoken, host Mark Schauer talks with YPG Chief of Staff Minerva Peters about the Employee Modernization Effort for Relevant Growth and Enrichment (EMERGE) program preparing the workforce for the future test mission. Plus, host Ana Henderson talks with YPG STEM Outreach Manager Janett Rios about the Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) summer program for sixth through eighth grade students.

On the season four finale of Outpost Outspoken, host James Gilbert talks with Randy Ehrlich, supervisor of YPG’s Threat Systems Target Simulations Shop, about the important role targets play testing munitions, artillery, and aircraft. Plus, host Ana Henderson talks with Reba Maxwell, manager of YPG's post commissary, on the store earning the title of second-best small commissary with the Defense Commissary Agency’s Richard M. Paget award. Season five of Outpost Outspoken will begin on January 8, 2024.

Host Mark Schauer talks with Metrology and Simulation Division Chief Brad Cox about his journey from the Marine Corps to Yuma Proving Ground. Plus, Schauer talks with Test Support Branch Chief Nickolas McColl about his service to the community beyond thousands of specialized weather forecasts.

Host Ana Henderson talks with Munitions and Weapons test engineer Mariela Cockburn Ojeda about her road to a rewarding career supporting warfighters. Plus, host James Gilbert chats with Sgt. Dennis Suggs, Religious Affairs Non-Comissioned Officer at the YPG Chapel, about his 14-year semi-professional football career.

Host James Gilbert talks with YPG Fire Department Chief Gerald Ball and Deputy Chief Matthew Kelly about the recently-inked mutual aid agreement with the Martinez Lake Fire District . Plus, Gilbert chats with YPG Chaplain Capt. Ryan Pearse about the recent renovations at the YPG Chapel.

Host James Gilbert talks with geodetic technician Darin Meeks about the importance of accurate geodetic measurement in accomplishing the proving ground's test mission. Also, host Ana Henderson talks with Military Freefall School Sgt. Maj. Matthew Krueger about the school's use of YPG’s vast ranges to train thousands of the military’s most elite paratroopers.

Host Ana Henderson talks with Program Analyst and Engineering Support Branch Team Lead Jose Rodriguez about YPG's summer intern program. Plus, host James hilbert chats with Kylie Kime, a participant in the Army Fellows Program at YPG.

On this special edition of Outpost Outspoken, host Mark Schauer reports from YPG's sister installation Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) as NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns soil samples from the asteroid Bennu after a seven-year journey. Hear DPG commander Col. James Harwell, OSIRIS-REx mission leader Dr. Dante Lauretta, and DPG program manager Damon Nicholson on the role the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) played in this historic space mission.

Not every child who plays with Legos and building sets becomes an engineer, but that was the case for Quentin Sorenson: Host Ana Henderson talks with the YPG Munitions and Weapons test officer who turned his hobby into a career. Plus, Host Mark Schauer talks with YPG pilot Scott Myers, who in his spare times volunteers extensively in the Yuma squadron of the Civil Air Patrol and teaches science classes at a community college.

Host Ana Henderson speaks with Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets Maddy Hippensteal and Lauren Hernandez about how their three weeks at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground gave them great confidence in the equipment the Army provides. Plus, Host Mark Schauer chats with Deric Millis, a second generation YPG employee whose hobby is teaching sales techniques.

Host Mark Schauer talks with Steve Taylor of YPG’s Engineering Support Branch about the Electro-Optical Lab’s maintenance, repair, and design of a variety of test support equipment. Plus, host James Gilbert chats with mission Antiterrorism Officer Robert Barocio about Army Antiterrorism Month.

On the season four debut of Outpost Outspoken, host Mark Schauer talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Bryan Otero of the Army Test and Evaluation Command about the command’s efforts on behalf of Army transformation to face the future threat. Plus, host Ana Henderson chats with engineer Maria Hernandez and project manager Janett Rios about YPG’s support of the Army’s eCYBERMISSION STEM competition for middle school students.