The Marines on the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms will hold a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise today (Friday April 16). The exercise will be held at the Lance Corporal Torrey Gray Field on the base from 1 to 10 p.m. Roads around the field will also be closed during that time: Sturgis Road, Fifth and Sixth Streets, and the Del Valle track and field. Areas closed from 4 to 10 p.m. are Third Street between Bourke and Del Valle, and Del Valle Road from First to Fourth Streets.
NON-COMBATANT EVACUATION EXERCISE TODAY ABOARD THE MARINE BASE
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 begin to check role-players through their Evacuation Control Center set at Del Valle Field aboard the Combat Center, as part of a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise in 2016.
Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd