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The red outline on this map of Camp Edwards shows where the Army National Guard is proposing an eight-lane machine gun range. The surface danger zone, where projectiles could land, is highlighted in pink.
A tense meeting over a proposal build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod ended tonight with the vast majority voicing their opposition to the project.
The virtual three-hour town hall, attended by more than 200 people, served as the first open conversation the Massachusetts Army National Guard has held since outcry over the project began in August.
“I don’t think you understand the impact that this will have across the entire Cape,” said Elizabeth Harder, Harwich delegate to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates. “No one’s against soldiers; nobody’s against training, but this is just not the right place for it.”
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.
JOINT BASE CAPE COD 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.
JOINT BASE CAPE COD With plans set to move forward with a proposed multipurpose machine-gun range, members of the state’s Congressional delegation echoed the concerns of the community and environmental organizations in a joint letter late last week.
U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. William Keating shared their concerns in a letter sent to the Massachusetts Army National Guard on Friday, and requested additional action prior to construction of the proposed gun range at Camp Edwards.
In response, members of Joint Base Cape Cod spoke out on the stringent measures taken to ensure the multipurpose gun range is environmentally safe.
The National Guard wants to clear 170 acres of woods on Cape Cod for a new machine gun range
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 9:37 a.m.
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National Guard Specialist Kyle Canzano (right) prepared to take the Army s rifle record fire qualification range, a test that is an annual requirement for Guard members, on the existing firing range for machine guns at Camp Edwards.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
JOINT BASE CAPE COD â In a clearing in the woods of these sprawling training grounds, First Lieutenant Patrick Foley peered down the barrel of his M4 assault rifle and awaited the command âweapons free.â