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Yuma on Duty: Meet Lt. Col. Kevin Hicks, Commander of Yuma Test Center at YPG

KAWC | By Chris McDaniel
Published November 19, 2024 at 1:18 PM MST
Yuma Test Center welcomed new Commander Lt. Col. Kevin Hicks (center). Outgoing YTC Commander Lt. Col. Shane Dering relinquished command to on the morning of July 18, 2024, during a change of command ceremony at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG). YPG Commander Col. John Nelson (left), Dering, Hicks and Airborne Test Force Master Sgt. Donald Bullock (right) performed the ceremonial passing of the guidon which symbolizes the passing of power.
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Yuma Test Center welcomed new Commander Lt. Col. Kevin Hicks (center). Outgoing YTC Commander Lt. Col. Shane Dering relinquished command to on the morning of July 18, 2024, during a change of command ceremony at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG). YPG Commander Col. John Nelson (left), Dering, Hicks and Airborne Test Force Master Sgt. Donald Bullock (right) performed the ceremonial passing of the guidon which symbolizes the passing of power.

BY CHRIS McDANIEL
KAWC NEWS

YUMA — Today, we meet Lt. Col. Kevin Hicks of the U.S. Army. Hicks, of Texas, has been the commander of the Yuma Test Center since July 18th, succeeding Lt. Col. Shane Dering.

YTC is Yuma Proving Ground’s extreme hot weather testing center which tests equipment for the Department of Defense and its allies.

Hicks is the immediate subordinate of YPG Commander, Colonel John Nelson.

Here is my conversation with Hicks during a visit to his office at YPG.
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Chris McDaniel
Chris McDaniel is a Yuma native and fourth generation graduate of Yuma High School. He began his print journalism career at the Yuma Sun as a reporter in 2009. He later worked in the Pacific Northwest as an editor for Peninsula Daily News, as arts editor for The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and as publisher for a small weekly newspaper in the badlands of Montana. He is a graduate of Peninsula College, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree. He has served as host for KAWC's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and spends much of his time gathering reports from the field in Yuma and La Paz Counties.
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