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Joint Base Training Rumbling Ocean County

The base said its scheduled training exercises were anticipated to produce abundant noise through Friday.

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U.S. Marines conduct artillery training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in May 2013 using a howitzer. Howitzers are among the weapons that create abundant noise during training at the base.
U.S. Marines conduct artillery training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in May 2013 using a howitzer. Howitzers are among the weapons that create abundant noise during training at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal)

JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ — Training exercises at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Thursday are sending noise across the county, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office said.

The training was scheduled on the base's noise calendar for February that was posted Jan. 31 on the base's Facebook page.

That schedule lists "abundant noise" through Friday, which can include live mortar training, "cratering munitions" and firing howitzers.

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Base officials previously have said noise from the training carries farther when there is low cloud cover.


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