Navy SEALs to stop using Washington state parks after residents voice fears of seeing ‘armed men’

[Kamaji]

Navy SEALs to stop using Washington state parks after residents voice fears of seeing ‘armed men’

By Michael Lee, Fox News
January 27, 2022

The U.S. Navy is pausing SEAL training at Washington state parks while a legal battle over their use winds its way through the courts.

“It is difficult to find peace in the woods when armed frogmen might be lurking behind every tree,” lawyers for the Whidbey Environmental Action Network, the group behind the lawsuit against the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, argued in a legal brief filed last month.

The Navy has used Washington state coastal parks for over 30 years for SEAL cold water training and other special operations exercises, with leaders saying the area offers the perfect environment to simulate what the elite forces may encounter on difficult operations overseas.

“This area provides a unique environment of cold water, extreme tidal changes, multi-variant currents, low visibility, complex underwater terrain, climate and rigorous land terrain, which provides an advanced training environment,” Navy spokesman Joe Overton told Coffee or Die Magazine.

But the Navy’s use of Washington shoreline has recently come under fire from local residents who are concerned about both the physiological and environmental impact the SEAL training can have on others using the parks.

“I do not care to catch a glimpse of apparently armed men skulking around and I DEFINITELY do not want to risk having my young grandchildren see such a sight,” a resident wrote to state regulators during a public comment period while the state was attempting to renew its agreement with the Navy.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/01/27/navy-seals-to-stop-using-washington-state-parks-after-residents-voice-fears-of-seeing-armed-men/

[GtHawk]

But the Navy’s use of Washington shoreline has recently come under fire from local residents who are concerned about both the physiological and environmental impact the SEAL training can have on others using the parks.


I do not think that word means what the 'journalist' thinks it does. I wonder how many people raised concerns, a small cabal or coven of Gaia worshipers numbering in the tens? If the Navy has been conducting these exercises for thirty plus years where is this negative environmental impact they are just now concerned about. Of course a snowflake is going to be triggered by anything that is outside their little biddy comfort zone. I hope they are prepared for a whole lot of triggering when their new chicom masters take control because whiny socialists like them have so weakened our military.

[goatprairie]

“I do not care to catch a glimpse of apparently armed men skulking around and I DEFINITELY do not want to risk having my young grandchildren see such a sight,” a resident wrote to state regulators"

Well, then if that residents ever finds themselves or their homes getting robbed, maybe they can have their domiciles put on a check list of homes the police don't have to respond to.
 Mustn't see all those armed men skulking around their house trying to prevent the resident from being robbed and/or physically harmed.