Navy seeks more Washington training areas by sea, air, land ... and state parks
By Courtney Flatt (Northwest News Network)
Nov. 23, 2020 9:17 a.m.
You’ve seen the movies: Navy SEALs slowly emerge from the water and walk up a beach. In real life, the Navy is hoping to conduct special operations training exercises at 28 Washington State Parks.
But many park users say it ups the “creepiness†factor.
In the dark of night, six to eight SEAL trainees would swim or dive out of a battery-powered submersible vessel and head up onto a beach. They’d clandestinely disappear into the environment, said Warrant Officer Esteban Alvarado.
https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/23/navy-training-washington-state-parks/
