[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Camp Edwards (MA) 'Simunitions'

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Simunitions' approved for Camp Edwards training

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times
March 17, 2009

EAST FALMOUTH - Soldiers at Camp Edwards will soon feel the sting of 
simulated munitions.

The state's Environmental Management Commission, which oversees 
environmental issues in the protected area of the base, unanimously 
approved the so-called simunitions at a meeting yesterday.

The bullets, which leave either a red or blue dot that's smaller than 
the splat of a paintball and feel like a bee sting, will give soldiers 
more realistic training, Michael Ciaranca, deputy director of the 
National Guard's Environmental & Readiness Center, said yesterday.

The wax-tipped bullets, which are encased in aluminum, contain a small 
amount of lead in the primer, Mark Begley, executive director of the 
commission, said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090317/NEWS/903170310/-1/NEWSMAP

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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