As the garrison’s new Director of Public Works, Luke Bailey is committed to making Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) the best place it can be. He started in early December 2023.
Bailey comes to YPG from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, where he was the branch head for the Engineering Department for three years. In this role he oversaw and directed all its planning and construction projects.
Prior to that he led asset management at the air station as the branch head.
“It was a good opportunity for me to move up in a field that I have been directly working in,” Bailey said of his new position. “I’m able to take on some new challenges, work towards overcoming them, and have more control over the outcome.”
Currently a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves, Bailey also served four years on active duty from 2016 to 2020 as a Civil Engineering Corps Officer. The four preceding years were spent in the U.S. Army, where he worked in military intelligence and reached the rank of Sergeant.
Now that he has the reins of the public works department at YPG, Bailey said his goal is to continue to do his best to support the mission by ensuring the employees have the equipment and facilities needed to do their jobs.
“As the Director of Public Works, I’m essentially responsible for all of the facilities as well as the lands that are controlled by U.S. Army Garrison YPG,” Bailey said. “For me right now it is trying to get a handle on how things work, how things are operating, and how I can improve upon them.”
The mission of public works is to not only provide a safe working and living environment, but to sustain, restore and modernize installation facilities and infrastructure. Other responsibilities at YPG include supporting garrison operations and tenant unit missions.
Bailey added that he strongly believes that establishing a vision for the organization and creating a positive workplace culture are important parts of his job.
“Those have been areas where I put a lot of my focus because it is the people who go out there and accomplish their jobs every day so being responsible to them and making sure they have the support they need to be successful is critical,” Bailey said.
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