230111-N-ML137-1035 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (Jan. 11, 2023) Sailors assigned to Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, spread out to prepare searching a vegetative area of the installation during an albatross egg sweep of the installation. This event is part of PMRF’s annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program whose purpose is to collect viable albatross eggs from hazardous areas on the base in order to send them to safer nests on other parts of the island. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space opera
230111-N-ML137-1035 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (Jan. 11, 2023) Sailors assigned to Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, spread out to prepare searching a vegetative area of the installation during an albatross egg sweep of the installation. This event is part of PMRF’s annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program whose purpose is to collect viable albatross eggs from hazardous areas on the base in order to send them to safer nests on other parts of the island. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.
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