Camp Pendleton to Hold Loud Training Starting Monday

Camp Pendleton Public Affairs:

Camp Pendleton units will be conducting a Mine Clearing Line Charge exercise in the Range 600 and Whiskey impact areas from 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday.

Mine Clearing Line Charges are 1,750 pounds of linked C-4 (Composition C) explosives used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions.

Camp Pendleton units will also be conducting early morning live-fire mortar exercises in the Whiskey and Zulu impact areas from midnight to 3:00 a.m., Thursday.

Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of the explosions may be amplified and heard up to 50 miles away.