HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER -- Residents in and around the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson area may hear elevated levels of training noise as Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division take to the field for live-fire training over the next few weeks.
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Artillery rounds will be fired into the Eagle River Flats impact area between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Jan. 31 through Feb. 3.
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High-explosive demolition charges up to 114 pounds will be detonated sub-surface Feb. 13-15 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Smaller C-4 charges will be detonated between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 17-20.
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Artillery rounds will be fired into the Eagle River Flats impact area between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Feb. 21-24.
Depending on weather conditions, the resulting explosions from these training events will be heard in the Eagle River and Chugiak areas, as well as across the inlet to the Knik-Goose Bay and Wasilla areas.