The Combat Center to conduct drills as part of earthquake exercise 2023 Great California Shakeout

Photo By Rochelle Smolinski | Corporal Michael Austin, a clerk at the finance office, ducks and covers under his desk during the Great ShakeOut earthquake exercise drill, Oct. 18, 2012. The American Red Cross recently led another nationwide Great ShakeOut drill, Oct. 17, with more than 15,000 people in Hawaii registered to participate.  

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

10.16.2023

Story by Cpl. Breanna Tila 

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

MARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER, Calif. - A mass notification and earthquake drill will take place at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center at 10:19 a.m., Oct. 19, 2023, in conjunction with 2023 Great California ShakeOut Exercise.

The purpose of this drill is to test all mass notification systems, including the base-wide public address system and digital notifications, and provide an opportunity for all MCAGCC personnel to test their individual earthquake action plans. The exercise will prepare MCAGCC personnel and families to react in the event of an earthquake.

To receive notifications, update personal contact information, and add family members to the Marine Corps Mass Notification System, base personnel can click on the “Purple Globe” icon in their computer system. If there is no “Purple Globe” but you have access to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network, you can reach Self-Service via the following URL at https://alerts1.mcdsus.mcds.usmc.mil/.

For more information visit the Ready Marine Corps website at https://www.ready.marines.mil and Great California ShakeOut website at https://www.shakeout.org/.

• Date Taken: 10.16.2023
• Date Posted: 10.16.2023 17:36
• Story ID: 455910
• Location: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US