Symens, founded the Nevada Desert Experience in 1984. Over the years Corbin Harvey and the Shundahai Network worked with NDE holding many protests of the government's continued nuclear weapons work. NDE worked with Corbin Harvey in protests against establishing a repository for radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, 100 mi (160 km) from Las Vegas. Arrests and protests 2006 Vitale was arrested at Fort Huachuca in Arizona with Jesuit Fr. Steve Kelly. They were protesting at the military compound responsible for training the US military in interrogation methods. The protest was against the US policy of using torture at Abu Gharib and the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Ft Huachuca Vitale was arrested on November 19, 2006 protesting against military intelligence training and US policy of endorsing torture at Abu Gharib and Guantanomo In 2007 Vitale was arrested at Vandenberg Air Force Base protesting Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)Testing. Vitale was arrested at the Nevada Test site along with actor Martin Sheen and many others. 2007 Vandenberg Air Force Base, arrest. 2009 Vitale with John Dear, Eve Tetaz arrested at Creech Air Force Base on April 9 protesting UAV Drone attacks in Pakistan. In November 2009, Vitale crossed the line at Ft Benning to protest the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. He served six months in a federal prison as a result. August 2009, Megan Rice and Louis Vitale were arrested at Vandenberg Air Force Base protesting a test of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic missile (ICBM) launched approximately 4,000 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. December 2009, Vitale joined Gaza Freedom March on December 31, but after being stopped by the Egyptian government from making the trek, Vitale joined 22 others in a fast and protest 2010 November Vitale crossed the line (deliberately trespassing) at Ft Benning to protest the U.S. Army's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. He served six months at Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc for that action. January 27, 2011, Rice, with Kathy Kelly, John Dear, and Louis Vitale were convicted of trespassing as the result of a protest against weaponized drones at Creech Air Force Base. 2012 August Drone convention in Las Vegas; Vitale registered and paid to attend and was threatened with arrest. Awards and recognition 1999 Doctor of humane letters honorary degree: Quincy University in Illinois 2001 Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace award given by PAX Christi USA 2003 Human Rights