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From: Stanford, Julianne E CIV USN COMNAVREG NW BGR WA (USA)
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 2:05:49 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Subject: News release - Security training exercise scheduled at Naval Magazine Indian Island on 08/09
RELEASE# 22-0809
August 9, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SECURITY TRAINING EXERCISE SCHEDULED AT INDIAN ISLAND
PORT HADLOCK, Wash., - Naval Magazine Indian Island has a training exercise scheduled for Thursday, August 11, 2022.
Training activities will include boats on the water near the pier’s security barrier and the use of blank ammunition, loud sirens and bright blue flashing lights. Residents living in
the communities surrounding Indian Island and installation personnel could notice increased noise levels and activities associated with the training exercise that day. Announcements
will be broadcasted from the base’s loudspeaker notification system.
The Navy conducts these types of security exercises at installations across the world to ensure readiness and verify response procedures. NMII thanks the community for their continued
support and understanding.
Naval Magazine Indian Island is home to the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast and the Department of Defense’s largest conventional ordnance storage site on
the West Coast. Indian Island provides munitions support to Navy, Joint and Allied vessels while emphasizing safety, accuracy and efficiency.
For more information on this release, please contact Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs Officer Julianne Stanford at 360-867-8525 or julianne.e.stanford.civ@us.navy.mil.
For additional information about Naval Magazine Indian Island, please visit: https://cnrnw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAVMAG-Indian-Island/ or visit the installation’s Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/NAVMAGIndianIsland.
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