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Kwajalein Range Services operates as a ballistic missile testing site in the middle
of paradise, Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Ronald Reagan
Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, the facility is dedicated to the testing, research,
and development of missile defense and space programs.
of paradise, Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Ronald Reagan
Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, the facility is dedicated to the testing, research,
and development of missile defense and space programs.
The facility is a joint venture between two defense contractors, Bechtel and
Lockheed Martin. They provide integrated range engineering and logistics support.
Missile testing is a highly specialized branch of engineering and involves launching,
tracking, and recovering vehicles.
Lockheed Martin. They provide integrated range engineering and logistics support.
Missile testing is a highly specialized branch of engineering and involves launching,
tracking, and recovering vehicles.
The operations include marine services in the form of the vessel USAS Worthy,
pictured above. The facility regularly posts shipboard career opportunities such in
the deck and engine department. These positions include able bodied seamen,
marine engineers, and other supporting personnel. To learn more, go to the
summer jobs and part-time jobs wildcards page. and look for the link titled working
in the Pacific Ocean. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the scientific advisor
to the range. The defense contract for the operations also receives logistics support
from Chugach Management Services.
pictured above. The facility regularly posts shipboard career opportunities such in
the deck and engine department. These positions include able bodied seamen,
marine engineers, and other supporting personnel. To learn more, go to the
summer jobs and part-time jobs wildcards page. and look for the link titled working
in the Pacific Ocean. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the scientific advisor
to the range. The defense contract for the operations also receives logistics support
from Chugach Management Services.
The USAS Worthy serves as an instrumentation vessel for ballistic missile testing at the Kwajalein
Range Services. Like other vessels of the Stalwart Class, she has is 224 feet long, 43 feet wide,
with a draft of 15 feet. She displaces slightly over 1,500 tons and has a diesel-electric plant
powered by four Caterpillar diesels producing 3,200 horsepower. This gives her a cruising speed
of 11 knots. Her sisters serve as training ships at various maritime academies. Vessels of this
class had earlier careers as ocean surveillance ships, where they tracked the whereabouts of
Soviet submarines during the Cold War.
Range Services. Like other vessels of the Stalwart Class, she has is 224 feet long, 43 feet wide,
with a draft of 15 feet. She displaces slightly over 1,500 tons and has a diesel-electric plant
powered by four Caterpillar diesels producing 3,200 horsepower. This gives her a cruising speed
of 11 knots. Her sisters serve as training ships at various maritime academies. Vessels of this
class had earlier careers as ocean surveillance ships, where they tracked the whereabouts of
Soviet submarines during the Cold War.