Camp Pendleton Marines To Conduct Training In Downtown Los Angeles
December 6th, 2014Via: CBS:
Residents in and around downtown Los Angeles could hear helicopters or other military aircraft over the coming days as Marines and sailors from Camp Pendleton train in preparation for a deployment.
The training is part of a two-week military exercise that starts Friday and extends through Dec. 16 and involves about 2,400 members of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, according to the Associated Press.
While residents could see as many as six military helicopters buzzing over the downtown area over the next week, raids being held at several undisclosed locations in the city will be off limits to the public for safety reasons, Capt. Brian Block told the Associated Press.
“It’s not going to look like ‘Apocalypse Now’ by any stretch of the imagination,” Block said.
But it is going to look like ‘Apocalypse Preview’