Late Night Artillery Firing At JBLM This Week

LAKEWOOD-JBLM, WA - From Joint Base Lewis-McChord: Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night artillery and mortar training beginning at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

TRAINING BEGINS Tuesday at 6:30 a.m.

TRAINING ENDS Thursday at midnight

TIME Artillery and mortar training will occur during morning, afternoon and nigh time hours Tuesday through Thursday.

FIRING OF 155mm howitzer and 60mm, 81mm, 120mm mortars

Two JBLM units are scheduled to conduct training with M777, 155mm howitzer field artillery, 60mm,
81mm, and 120mm mortars. Training will occur during the day, evening and late night hours. Increased
levels of activity will be noticed beginning Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. Artillery training will end at midnight
Tuesday, however, mortar training will continue through midnight Thursday.

Queries 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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