PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise on Wednesday.
Training activities will take place on the magazine’s pier and may include boats on the water, the use of blank ammunition, loud sirens and bright blue flashing lights.
The public could hear announcements from the base’s loudspeaker notification system during the exercise, the Navy said in a press release.
The Navy said it conducts security exercises at installations across the world to ensure readiness and verify response procedures.
Coast Guard
During the same general time frame, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the U.S. Coast Guard will conduct a three-day exercise in Port Townsend Bay, west of Indian Island.
The exercise, scheduled during daylight hours Tuesday through Thursday, will involve submersible and semi-submersible vessels escorted by small naval vessels and commercial observation aircraft.
The exercise is pre-planned and is not in response to any specific threat, according to a Navy press release.
For more information, including the coordinates of the exercise security zone, read Coast Guard District 13 Week 10/24 Local Notice to Mariners at www.navcen.uscg.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lnms/LNM13102024.pdf.
