[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Former ranges at Fort Rucker, AL

[Lenny Siegel]

Unexploded ordnance poses a lethal threat on post

By Nathan Pfau
Army Flier 
March 1, 2018

Although Fort Rucker provides many recreational opportunities for Soldiers and families, the post is a training installation first and foremost.

Being a training installation, Fort Rucker is no stranger to live-fire exercises, which can sometimes leave munitions and other devices undetonated, resulting in unexploded ordnance, according to Larry Powell, Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Training Division chief.

“Since the early 1940s, the (Army) has conducted live-fire training on Fort Rucker, and these exercises required the firing of various rockets, grenades, mortars and other munitions, which contain high explosives,” said Powell. “Some of these munitions failed to detonate – which are extremely dangerous and could explode if tampered with in any way.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dothaneagle.com/army_flier/news/unexploded-ordnance-poses-a-lethal-threat-on-post/article_6e054d5a-1d6a-11e8-9464-137ced70f2ff.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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