Noise levels may increase aboard Camp Pendleton Tuesday, Feb. 5 and Wednesday, Feb. 6

CAMP PENDLETON - Camp Pendleton units will be conducting mine clearing line charge exercises 6 a.m. to midnight, Tuesday, Feb. 5 and Wednesday, Feb. 6.

Mine clearing line charges are 1,750 pounds of linked C-4 (Composition C) explosives used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions.

In addition, Camp Pendleton artillery units will be conducting live-fire training exercises in the Whiskey and Zulu impact areas from noon to midnight on Friday.

Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of the explosions may be amplified and heard up to 50 miles away.

For future inquiries regarding increased noise levels, please refer to the weekly noise advisories posted on the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton website at http://www.pendleton.marines.mil/About/BaseInformation/NoiseAdvisory.aspx.