Naval Weapons System Training Facility Boardman

09/10/2025

07/07/2025

NWSTF Sailors spend time at Boardman School

Four Navy personnel from Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman traveled to Sam Boardman Elementary School in Boardman, Oregon, on June 12, 2025, where they educated 360 elementary on the history of the NWSTF, wildland fire safety, and life as a U.S. Navy Sailor. The event aimed to foster community engagement and strengthen civilian-military relations. The Sailors who participated, from left to right, were EO2 Robert Stone, HM2 Mae Larimer, UT2 Diego Vasquez, EO2 Isaiah Dawkins.

07/30/2024

Sailors Help Band Owlets

Sailors assigned to Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF ) Boardman recently participated in a Community Relations (COMRELP) project with officials from the Oregon Military Department and Army Guard Installations Environmental Division at Camp Rees in Hermiston, Oregon on July 25, 2024.

The COMREL project involved banding Burrowing Owl owlets. Burrowing owls in the Pacific Northwest are currently considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to be a "Bird of Conservation Concern."

Bird banding provide useful data in scientific research and management, and conservation projects. Individual identification of birds makes possible studies of dispersal and migration, behavior and social structure, lifespan and survival rate, reproductive success and population growth. This COMREL gave the NWSTF staff the opportunity help a threatened species while building interagency relationships.

07/29/2024

Sailors Conduct Flag Retirement Ceremony

Sailors assigned to the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facilities at Boardman Oregon recently conducted an official Flag Retirement ceremony, which is done with the dignity and respect befitting our nation’s flag.

Public Law 94-344, known as the Federal Flag Code, contains rules for handling and displaying the U.S. Flag. Rules on how to properly fly the flag were established in June 1923, when the National Flag Conference met in Washington. When a U.S. flag is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

05/01/2024

NAS Whidbey Leadership Visit

Several Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s leaders, led by the base’s Executive Officer, Cmdr. Joshua Overn, visited Naval Weapons Station Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman April 23-25, 2024. The air station team made the six-hour trip from the Whidbey Island air station to the Boardman range to meet the Sailors assigned there and gain a better understanding of the challenges they face being assigned to an isolated installation.

NWSTF Boardman falls under the cognizance of NAS Whidbey Island and an important training facility for the EA-18G Grower aircraft. In agreement with the Navy, the facility is also used by the Oregon Military Department for various training activities, including drone testing.

03/25/2024

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA – The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Eleven Detachment Northwest will conduct a demolition event at Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
The explosive disposal event will occur during daylight hours in the central section of the NWSTF range property. Dust clouds, smoke, audible detonations and ground vibration may result from this operation. Safety precautions and fire mitigations have been put in place to ensure demolition operations pose no threat to off-installation people or property.
If you have questions or concerns, please call the Public Affairs Office at NAS Whidbey Island, (360) 257-2286.

08/28/2023

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA – The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Eleven Detachment Northwest will conduct a demolition event at Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman on Tuesday, 29 August, 2023.

The explosive disposal event will occur during daylight hours in the central section of the NWSTF range property. Dust clouds, smoke, audible detonations and ground vibration may result from this operation. Safety precautions and fire mitigations have been put in place to ensure demolition operations pose no threat to people or property.

If you have questions or concerns, please call the Public Affairs Office at NAS Whidbey Island, (360) 257-2286.

08/16/2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE 24-063
16 Aug, 2023

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA – The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Eleven Detachment Northwest will conduct a demolition event at Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman on Tuesday, 22 August, 2023.

All disposal activities will occur during daylight hours in the central section of the NWSTF range property. Dust clouds, smoke, audible detonations and ground vibration may result from these operations. Safety precautions and fire mitigations have been put in place to ensure operations pose no threat to people or property.
If you have questions or concerns, please call the Public Affairs Office at NAS Whidbey Island, (360) 257-2286.
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05/09/2023

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA – The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Eleven Detachment Northwest will conduct a demolition event at Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman on Wednesday, 10 May, 2023.

All disposal activities will occur during daylight hours in the central section of the NWSTF range property. Dust clouds, smoke, audible detonations and ground vibration may result from these operations. Safety precautions and fire mitigations have been put in place to ensure operations pose no threat to people or property.

If you have questions or concerns, please call the Public Affairs Office at NAS Whidbey Island, (360) 257-2286.

05/02/2023

Explosive Ordnance Disposal activity at NWSTF Boardman

The Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Civil Engineer Squadron from Portland will conduct demolition training at Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman 6 May, 2023.

All activities will occur during daylight hours in the central section of the NWSTF property. Dust clouds, smoke, audible detonations and ground vibration may result from this operation. Safety precautions and fire mitigations are in place to ensure operations pose no threat to people or property.

If you have questions or concerns, please call the Public Affairs Office at NAS Whidbey Island, (360) 257-2286.

04/25/2023

New Facility Opened at Naval Weapons System Training Facility Boardman

NAS Whidbey Island and Oregon Military Department officially unveiled a new Unmanned Aerial System Operating Facility at the Naval Weapons System Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman on April 21, 2023. The state of the art 13 million dollar facility will be used to support aerial drone training for the Oregon Army National Guard as an extension of the Rees Training Center at Camp Umatilla.

NWSTF Boardman and its restricted special use airspace is an important regional training area for the Navy’s EA-18G Growlers and the Oregon Military Department. The Oregon Army National Guard utilizes the Boardman Range for various training requirements to include Unmanned Aerial System training, crew served machine gun range, and helicopter live-fire aerial gunnery training. Numerous other air and ground military units also utilize the NWSTF Boardman Range for advanced military training.

04/20/2023

Tribal Visit

NAS Whidbey Island Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Hanks and other members of his staff met with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Board of Trustees on April 20, 2023, to discuss issues of mutual interest in vicinity of the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman in Eastern Oregon.

The CTUIR is a union of three Native American tribes: Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla. NAS Whidbey Island maintains government to government relationships with the CTUIR as the NWSTF Boardman range overlays ancient tribal trails and lands, as well as the Oregon Trail. Command Master Chief Tom Gilham and the Northwest Training Range Community and Planning Liason Officer Kim Peacher accompanied Hanks on his visit to the CTUIR.