Tester is the authorized publication for personnel of Patuxent Naval Air Station. 15,000 Testers are delivered every Thursday to Pax River - door to door in housing areas and into work areas. No other newspaper is distributed in this manner. Three Naval Commands are now stationed at Pax River. Average base income is $50,000 and base is closing in on a $1 billion payroll. January 1 brought a 4.8% pay increase for the military plus a nice increase in the military housing allowance.Patuxent Naval Air Station is home to NAVAIR and NAWCAD Commands. The Patuxent Tester is in the Washington DC, Hagerstown, DC DMA. It is a military newspaper published on Thursdays to serve Patuxent Naval Air Test station. It is in broadsheet format. The Patuxent Tester offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.