1 CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Boston’s Berklee College of Music is one of the world’s preeminent music study institutes. Many graduates go on to become industry professionals while others become mega music stars. But only one graduate of Berklee now serves with the U.S. Army in the Horn of Africa.
Army Capt. Kai Callwood, who holds a degree in music production and engineering and another in music business management, is a Logistics Civil Augmentation Program professional assigned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Support Battalion-Africa.
Currently deployed to Djibouti and Somalia, the classical and jazz tuba and trombone musician now spends most of his days as a 405th AFSB LOGCAP professional assisting with various contractual and logistical requirements. He also serves as a petroleum and water operations planner and volunteer mortuary affairs officer.
Entrance to Joint Base Cape Cod
The Massachusetts Army National Guard has secured a key federal environmental approval that potentially puts it one step away from building a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod, CAI has learned.
The Guard plans to announce the milestone Wednesday. The only remaining regulatory hurdle for the range is a state environmental review.
In an email sent to members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, local Guard officials say the federal National Guard Bureau has signed off on a report that finds the proposed eight-lane range would have no significant environmental impacts.
The proposed range includes a plan to reduce the environmental impacts of the project by instituting four-to-one mitigation ratio, meaning that four acres would be preserved on the base for every one acre impacted. This would include an expansion of the Crane Wildlife Management Area just south of the base through a direct land transfer of 260 acres.
JOINT BASE CAPE COD The federal National Guard Bureau issued a finding last week that the multipurpose machine-gun range planned for Camp Edwards would not have a significant impact on the surrounding environment.
The April 30 finding in support of the Massachusetts Army National Guard s environmental assessment allows the Guard to move forward in the process of planning for the range.
The decision comes amid public outcry over the project.
Over the past year, community members, environmental activists and state and federal legislators have spoken out against the proposed project. Concerns have been raised about how the proposed range would affect the surrounding wildlife habitat and the region s sole source aquifer, which accounts for 100% of the Cape s drinking water, as well as traffic and noise brought about by the range.
By BETH TREFFEISEN | Cape Cod Times | Published: May 5, 2021 JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. (Tribune News Service) The federal National Guard Bureau issued a finding last week that the multipurpose machine-gun range planned for Camp Edwards would not have a significant impact on the surrounding environment. The April 30 finding in support of the Massachusetts Army National Guard s environmental assessment allows the Guard to move forward in planning for the range. The decision comes amid a public outcry over the project. Over the past year, community members, environmental activists and state and federal legislators have spoken out against the proposed project. Concerns have been raised about how the proposed range would affect the surrounding wildlife habitat and the region s sole source aquifer, which accounts for 100% of the Cape s drinking water, as well as traffic and noise brought about by the range.
By BETH TREFFEISEN | Cape Cod Times | Published: May 4, 2021 JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. (Tribune News Service) The drive out to the Sierra Range, one of the few active gun ranges on Camp Edwards, is long, dusty and bumpy. Upon arrival, there s an open field filled with grass-covered berms. Brightly colored plastic targets sit upright, riddled with bullet holes. The range, one of four currently active on Joint Base Camp Cod, is used to train members of the National Guard in using M4 and M16 rifles. Members use the range following virtual and short-range pistol training. A soldier has to hit 23 of the 40 targets from distances of 50 and 300 meters to meet their annual training requirement, and they have just over three minutes to complete the task.