{"id":77867,"date":"2020-08-30T18:32:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/30\/massachusetts-national-guard-plans-machine-gun-range-on-cape-cod-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:35:13","slug":"massachusetts-national-guard-plans-machine-gun-range-on-cape-cod-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/massachusetts-national-guard-plans-machine-gun-range-on-cape-cod-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts National Guard plans machine gun range on Cape Cod base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BOURNE, Mass. \u2014 Plan are underway to build a machine gun range at a Cape Cod base used for training by the Massachusetts Army National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal for Camp Edwards at Joint Base Cape Cod, the first of its kind in the state, is contained in a 100-page environmental assessment prepared for the Guard and an accompanying draft finding that says the project would have no significant impacts, the Cape Cod Times<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the noise from the range would be contained on the base, but some noise could affect \u201cmultiple neighborhoods as well as an elementary school\u201d located to the east of the range, according to a report done as part of the assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Guard is currently accepting written comments from the public on the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\t