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JBLM Announces Mortar Training Tuesday & Thursday
Get your earplugs ready: JBLM says they'll be starting mortar training just after midnight.
LAKEWOOD, WA — Joint Base Lewis McChord has announced that they will be resuming mortar and artillery training for two days this week — and are warning everyone that means there's likely to be some extra noise even fairly late into the evenings.
According to JBLM, the training will run from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
During artillery training, JBLM Army units fire live munitions into a designated "artillery impact area" on JBLM's main campus.
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As locals are likely well aware, the drills can cause some noise for the surrounding area.
More on the training and the potential noise can be found on JBLM's website.
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