Things That Go BOOM! in the Night.
If you’ve lived or worked in the five counties surrounding Fort Liberty, Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett, Moore and Scotland counties, for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard Fort Liberty Servicemembers training.
It may have been the whoop, whoop, whoop of helicopters, or the drone of C-130 propellers, or the whine of the jet engines of a massive transport aircraft. It may have been the thump of large artillery pieces.
Fort Liberty trains the most elite Airborne and Special Operations Soldiers in the world. This vital training provides our national leaders the ability to send troops worldwide within 18 hour of notification, or to discretely send our Special Operations Soldiers to neutralize terrorist threats before they reach our shores.
“Train Like We Fight” is a motto among Soldiers. If they train in the cold, wet, dark of night or hot, humid, heat of day, with as many of the hardships they will see on the battlefield, they will perform better on the battlefield. Further, the US has advantages in stealth, drones, night vision and other technologies that make Soldiers more lethal at night. To take full advantage of the technology, we must train at night.
We understand your frustrations, and we are looking for your help in alleviating it. If you have an issue with noise, more than an irritation, but a real issue, please let us know by filling out our questionnaire with as much information as you feel comfortable sharing. We will use this information to inform our training decisions and try to impact less people with less noise while we effectively train our Soldiers to be ready for the next fight.