US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland (Part 2)

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Choppers! What a weird night to be in Portland. Sometime shortly after 6 PM, small helicopters started swooping through downtown, and they were flying very low.

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US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland

by Helen Jung, The Oregonian Tuesday August 26, 2008, 10:06 AM They’re coming back. Those helicopters that began buzzing downtown at 7 on Monday will be returning Wednesday evening as part of a U.S. Navy training exercise. The Navy was conducting ‘urban military’ training with multiple helicopters flying at low altitudes in downtown Portland and the surrounding area for a few hours, said John Doussard, a spokesman for Mayor Tom Potter. The Navy had approached the mayor’s office last November requesting permission to conduct training in Portland, and the city agreed in April.

***> According to the letter granting permission, Potter wrote that ‘members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Army Special Operations Aviation Regiment would utilize buildings in the jurisdiction of the City of Portland for this training exercise. I understand that this training will include low visibility movement, military operations in urban terrain, manual and low weight explosive breaching, fast-rope insertion, live fire, low-power training ammunition, simmunitions, flash bang, surveillance and counter-surveillance.’

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