Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman

Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman is a military training area that provides distinctive conditions and an ideal setting for U.S. service men and women to conduct essential training activities for preparation before deployment. This area also contains various prehistoric and historic cultural resources. The U.S. Navy and Oregon National Guard must protect these sensitive resources while continuing to train U.S. military service members at NWSTF Boardman.

Acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1943, the military first used NWSTF Boardman for aerial bombing and gunnery training. Ownership was transferred to the Navy in 1958. Aircraft from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington and the Oregon National Guard regularly used NWSTF Boardman for aerial bombing until 1996. Navy and Oregon National Guard aircraft used, and continue to use, a portion of the facility for aerial gunnery practice.

Present-day NWSTF Boardman consists of more than 47,000 acres used by the Navy, Oregon National Guard and other federal, state and local agencies to meet their training and testing requirements.