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Desert Rat Testament

Desert Rat Testament

By: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
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 Desert Rat Testament is a monthly anthology that collects the stories and recollections of retired U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground employees of decades-long service.DVIDSHub.net Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Desert Rat Testament, Episode 37

    Desert Rat Testament, Episode 37
    Dec 18 2025
    Host Mark Schauer talks with Jerry Mayer, who grew up as an Army brat but served in the Navy from 1965 to 1986. He worked as a civilian at Naval Air Facility El Centro for 13 years before working at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground from 2009 to 2021.
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    13 mins
  • Desert Rat Testament, Episode 36

    Desert Rat Testament, Episode 36
    Sep 8 2025
    Host Mark Schauer talks with Lt. Col. (ret.) Robert Rutledge, a retired Marine who served in the infantry from 1968 to 1970 and as an officer from 1975 to 2002. A Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, after retiring from active duty he was a civilian pilot at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground from 2002 to 2015. He has spent decades volunteering with local community groups such as the Caballeros de Yuma.
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    11 mins
  • Desert Rat Testament, Episode 35

    Desert Rat Testament, Episode 35
    Jul 30 2025
    Host Mark Schauer talks with Chief Warrant Officer 4 (ret.) Jay Stokes, a Green Beret who served in uniform from 1974 to 1998 and was instrumental in relocating the U.S. Military Freefall School to Yuma Proving Ground in the 1990s. In retirement, he set the world record for most parachute jumps in 24 hours in 2006. A former president of the U.S. Parachute Association, he was inducted into the International Skydiving Hall of Fame in 2018.
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    16 mins
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