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From: Stanford, Julianne E CIV USN COMNAVREG NW BGR WA (USA)
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 1:00:27 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Subject: News release - Security training exercise at Naval Magazine Indian Island on Sept. 21
RELEASE# 22-0916
Sept. 16, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SECURITY TRAINING EXERCISE SCHEDULED AT INDIAN ISLAND
PORT HADLOCK, Wash., - Naval Magazine Indian Island has a training exercise scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.
Training activities will involve the use of blank ammunition. Announcements will be broadcasted from the base’s loudspeaker notification system.
Residents living in the communities surrounding Indian Island and installation personnel could notice increased noise levels and activities associated with the training exercises those
days.
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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