The beaches of the Long Beach Peninsula looked a little like a war-zone early this morning when the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy used them as a practice field for landing exercises.
Long Beach police warned the community via social media of the event Tuesday evening, advising that the beach in the area would be closed from midnight to 4 a.m. and residents may hear helicopter-like noises.
The Marines will be back to conclude their exercises tonight, March 20, at the same time.
The military declined to go into detail about what crews were doing, but Master Sgt. Christine Polvorosa said, “The training is designed to enhance the integration and collective capability of U.S. Marine Corps and Navy forces.”
Marines and Sailors from the I Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. Third Fleet forces are doing training throughout the southwest United States during March, according to Polvorosa.
