Yuma Proving Ground

Yuma Proving Ground
Yuma Proving Ground
Part of US Army Test and Evaluation Command
La Paz County and Yuma County, Arizona; Near Yuma, Arizona
	Yuma Proving Ground logo
Coordinates	33.0178°N 114.253°W YPG
Type	Military proving ground
Site information
Owner	United States
Controlled by	United States Army
Website	https://www.yuma.army.mil
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1950 – present
Garrison information
Current; commander	COL Ben Patrick McFall III
Occupants	U.S. Army Garrison, YPG; Medical Department Activity, YPG; Yuma Test Center; Tropic Regions Test Center—conducted in various locations but managed out of YPG; Cold Regions Test Center—conducted at Fort Greely but is subordinate to YPG; Airborne Test Force; Military Free-Fall School—conducted by the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School; Special Operations Terminal Attack Controllers Course—conducted by the 24th Special Operations Wing; Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Support Laboratory; Tethered Aerostat Radar System—operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection;

Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is a United States Army series of environmentally specific test centers with its Yuma Test Center (YTC) being one of the largest military installations in the world. It is subordinate to the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command.

YPG's headquarters is located at its YTC in southwestern La Paz County and western Yuma County in southwest Arizona, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of the city of Yuma.

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 manages military equipment and munitions testing at three locations: The Cold Regions Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska; the Tropic Regions Test Center operating in Panama, Honduras, Suriname, and Hawaii; and at YTC. The common link between these test centers is "environmental testing," which makes the proving ground the Army's environmental test expert.

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