GROTON — Personnel on the Naval Submarine Base will conduct numerous safety drills this week alongside the bottom’s waterfront on the Thames River, which can embody the firing of computerized 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. via 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 correct authorities to research.”
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 reply to threats to the bottom and its homeported submarines,” the Navy mentioned within the information launch. “Drills will contain Naval Safety Pressure boats and simulated aggressor boats.”
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