Residents might hear or see something out of the ordinary near the Naval Weapons Station at Yorktown.
The military base’s annual “force protection exercise” starts Feb. 1-12.
“Naval Weapons Station Yorktown and Cheatham Annex’s participation in Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2021 improves the response effectiveness of our security forces and installation personnel,” Captain Jason J. Schneider, commanding officer of NWS Yorktown and Cheatham Annex, said in a prepared statement. “The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of Navy security forces and ensure seamless interoperability among the commands, other services and agency partners.”
“Exercise CS-SC21 is not in response to any specific threat, but is a regularly scheduled exercise,” he added.