JBLM Artillery Firing Exercises Happening Until Saturday

From LBLM: Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct artillery training Tuesday through Saturday.

TRAINING BEGINS Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 6:30 a.m.

TRAINING ENDS Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11 p.m.

TIME Artillery training will occur throughout daytime and nighttime hours

FIRING OF 155 mm Howitzer field artillery

One unit, 1st Battalion, 37TH Field Artillery Regiment is scheduled to conduct artillery training with 155 mm Howitzer field artillery, during the above identified timeframe. Increased levels of activity will be noticed beginning at 6:30 a.m., Tuesday through 10 p.m. Friday. There will be a pause in training from 10 p.m. Friday until 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Training will resume at 6:30 a.m. until completion at 11 p.m. Saturday. Members in the local community can expect to hear Howitzer training during the daytime and nighttime hours.

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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