GROTON — Personnel on the Naval Submarine Base will conduct varied safety drills this week alongside the bottom’s waterfront on the Thames River, which can embrace the firing of automated weapons with blanks, the Navy New London Public Affairs Workplace introduced Monday.
The drills are anticipated to happen from 8:15 a.m. to eight p.m. by Friday.
Coaching Officer Dave Cruz mentioned in a media launch that if neighbors or base personnel hear gunfire or one thing else regarding at one other time, “then they need to report it instantly for the right authorities to analyze.”
He added that the Navy has extensively coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard and native legislation enforcement for the coaching.
“This regularly-scheduled coaching will proceed to reinforce the readiness of Naval Safety Forces to answer threats to the bottom and its homeported submarines,” the Navy mentioned within the information launch. “Drills will contain Naval Safety Drive boats and simulated aggressor boats.”
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