Posts Tagged ‘Portland’
Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
Sanctuary City
Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
by Mark Larabee, The Oregonian Tuesday December 02, 2008, 8:11 PM Activists from several peace groups will go before the Portland City Council today seeking support for making Portland a sanctuary for military resisters — service members who have gone AWOL to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland (Part 2)
photo courtesy of Jalpuna! (http://jalpuna.com/)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.
Part 2, US Navy, Army, ‘urban, military’, training, Portland, Oregon, Tom Potter, urban military training, John Doussard, armed crews, Portland Police, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Army Special Operations Aviation Regiment, City of Portland, training exercise, low visibility movement, military operations, urban terrain, explosive breaching, fast-rope insertion, live fire, training ammunition, simmunitions, flash bang, surveillance, counter-surveillance
US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland
***> 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.’