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this Article  As part of this week's Solid Curtain/Citadel
Shield exercise, a group of Pax River volunteers staged protest
demonstrations at Gate 2 on Monday morning, and at Gate 1 on
Tuesday morning. While waving signs and shouting antiwar and
antigovernment sentiments, the imitation protesters fielded a
few impassioned counter-protests from drivers traveling
northbound on Route 235.  "We're here to help with Solid
Curtain/Citadel Shield so that Security will, in the event of a
real protest, will be able to act swiftly and know whose
jurisdiction is where," said Stephanie Lance. "STOP THE WAR!
STOP THE KILLING!"  Beverly Jeffas of the NAS Patuxent River
Safety Department was on hand to observe the protesters, "to
make sure where they are is safe, so they don't get too close to
the road or step into a chuckhole in the grass, and hopefully
not to administer CPR or anything," Jeffas explained. "Have you
looked at the faces of the people driving by? Th