Series of BOOMS Startle Downtown Los Angeles Residents // US Army Special Forces Training ( totally nothing happening ) (QRV)

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A series of loud booms that rocked downtown Los Angeles on Monday night startled some people who complained on social media. But Los Angeles police said there’s no reason to be alarmed.

The noises were part of a U.S. Army training exercise involving aircraft and weapon simulations in urban settings. The training is set to run through Saturday in Los Angeles and Long Beach.

“Residents may hear sounds associated with the training,” the LAPD said in a news release. “Each location selected enables special operations teams and flight crews to maintain maximum readiness and proficiency, validate equipment and exercise standard safety procedures. The training is essential to ensure service members are fully trained and prepared to defend our nation overseas.”

Police said residents near the training locations would be notified beforehand. But some on social media said they were caught off guard.

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16591764? ago

Now usually these trainings are held in mock cities out in the middle of nowhere. I’ve been to quit a few and it’s to minimize 1) exposure and 2) civilian incidents. The fact they are doing these in actual cities really says a lot. Either they are not concentrating on execution of the exercise but social media exposure or it was an actual op that was given the ol’ training cover story.