Couldn the Army use other military lands, like NAWS China Lake, for training?
In 1993, representatives from Fort Irwin approached China Lake managers to explore joint use of training lands. At the Army’s request, the Navy commissioned a Mission Compatibility Study of the National Training Center’s Proposal for NTC Armored Maneuver Training at NAWCWPNS (NAWC 1993) to determine the compatibility of the NTC and China Lake NAWC missions. The study included: rotational schedules, radio frequency interference from jamming, airspace interference between rotations and on going missions, and geographic obstacles that limit access between the two installations. The study concluded that shared use was not feasible.
