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Navy officials said they had organized several public awareness meetings and open days to teach and address public concerns.
SEALs want several sites in western Washington that can adapt to seasonal changes, the progression of other skill sets, and other considerations, Northwest Naval Region spokesman Sean Hughes said.
“This is his complex education in difficult environments,” he said.”We endanger them and owe them the most productive education we can give them.”
Naval Special Warfare Command “anticipates any disruption to the network or environment, ” of training, Hughes said.
“As a component of a rigorous education, students acquire the required skills to avoid detection in order to leave no evidence of their presence and activities after education,” said Hughes.
At the same time, the army contacted local municipalities and landowners for permission to exercise on land and waters, he said.
But efforts to raise awareness through the Marine Service have done little to reassure activists involved in the maneuvering and cover-up of SEALs in state parks, and who are also involved in a greater naval presence in the Pacific Northwest.
The accusations were directed at the Puget Sound shipyard.
“They are landing SEALs on the beach, hiding in the trees and looking at everything that happens in the parks,” Larry Morrell, a local activist and member of whidbey Environmental Action Network and other activist groups, told Navy Times.”Who walks … is being observed and there may be some kind of conflict.”
Morrell said he was involved in an armed civilian meeting men hiding in the woods and that a false impression was taking place.
He recalls an incident in North Carolina in 2002, where a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a green beret and wounded another soldier in a box training covering nine counties.
The MP did not know the education that was taking place, CNN reported at the time.
“Today, when you never know who has what kind of weapon …there can be very disastrous consequences,” Morrell said.
The State Commission’s online page states that it “is not aware of any clashes between the military and public education in Washington state parks” and that “the Navy has position protocols to prevent training if a member of the public enter the education area. “.»
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Morrell said he was not aware of any local incidents in which civilians had met with SEAL education in state parks and said he understood why education was necessary.
“People perceive that SEALs want to be trained,” he says.”We have a very varied coastline, other things we seek to protect.”
Morrell said he sought to see more transparency in the service and not harm the environment.
“Here’s a solution, but it involves a replacement in the Navy’s attitude,” he said.”They think we are the enemy, but we can be their friends.This is a missed opportunity in my book.”
Geoff is a senior Navy reporter for the Military Times.He has extensively covered Iraq and Afghanistan and was recently a reporter for the Chicago Tribune.Accept all kinds of recommendations in [email protected].