3 Weeks Of Mortar Training Upcoming At JBLM

LAKEWOOD-JBLM, WA - From Joint Base Lewis-McChord: Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct mortar training over the next three weeks. Training is scheduled for three specific time periods beginning Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. and continuing through the end of January.

The training periods for mortar firing are as follows:

TRAINING BEGINS Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 6:30 a.m.

TRAINING ENDS Thursday, January 18, 2018, 11:59 p.m.

TIME Mortar training will occur continuously during daytime and nighttime hours

FIRING OF 120mm mortars

TRAINING BEGINS Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 6:40 a.m.

TRAINING ENDS Friday, January 26, 2018, 9 p.m.

TIME Mortar training will occur continuously during daytime and nighttime hours

FIRING OF 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm mortars

TRAINING BEGINS Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 12:01 a.m.

TRAINING ENDS Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 11:59 p.m.

TIME Mortar training will occur continuously during daytime and nighttime hours

FIRING OF 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm mortars

Two infantry and two special operations units are scheduled to conduct mortar training with 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm mortars, during the above identified timeframe. Increased levels of activity will be noticed beginning at 6:30 a.m., Wednesday through midnight January 31. Members in the local community can expect to hear mortar training during the daytime and nighttime hours.

Questions or comments about noise may be directed to the JBLM Public Affairs Office’s External
Communication Division hotline at (253) 967-0852, daily.

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