FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
MILITARY TRAINING CONDUCTED AT ACADEMY – June 9, 2006

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Area residents can expect to hear summer training activities conducted during June, July and August on the military installation to include Camp Buckner, Lake Frederick and Camp Smith in Peekskill beginning tomorrow.

Training opportunities for the cadets include infantry operations, artillery firing, weapons training, aviation operations, military engineering projects, training in field communications, demolitions and survival skills techniques.

Noise levels will be sporadic from June 10 through mid-August with increased activity during specialized training operations from June 18 through July 27.

Training is conducted to simulate the physical and mental challenges cadets will face when they become officers in the U.S. Army.

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