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Naval Base Coronado Re-Opens Small Arms Range

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS101014-10
10/14/2010

By Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac, Naval Base Coronado Public Affairs

CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Base Coronado celebrated the U.S. Navy's 235th birthday by re-opening the small arms range aboard Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) Oct. 13.

Both the 12-lane pistol and 10-lane rifle ranges will be used to qualify and train Sailors in the San Diego metropolitan area on the basic use of small arms.

"It's a range right here in their backyard, it saves them a lot of time," said Capt. Yancy Lindsey, Naval Base Coronado commanding officer. "They don't have to transit that far to get to it, and it's readily available for them to get the qualifications required to accomplish their mission."

The range had been closed for upgrades to comply with a change in safety standards.

"It's been two long years of work by a lot of great and smart people to finally get the range re-opened and make it available to our Sailors," said Lindsey.

The range includes a surface danger zone (SDZ) to protect commercial and military vehicles, aircraft, personnel and wildlife on and around NASNI. The SDZ extends from the firing line to the high tide line and includes a 200 acre fan-shaped area in the Pacific Ocean. The ocean portion of the SDZ is open to fishing, training and general navigation when small arms training is not scheduled, but anchoring in the SDZ is prohibited at all times.

"I think they did a great job on the range," said Lindsey. "We got the right amount of funds to get the safety equipment needed to make sure we can operate the range safely."

The range is currently open to Naval Base Coronado personnel and all tenant commands on board; however, there are plans to eventually open it to local law enforcement personnel.

The range, which was originally established in 1959, is scheduled to be open five days a week, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.