MILITARY TRAINING CONDUCTED AT WEST POINT   –   June 4, 2009

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 Monday, June 8.

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 starting Monday through mid-August with increased activity during specialized training operations from June 19 through June 28.

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

About West Point
West Point, The U.S. Military Academy, is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering. Its mission remains constant-to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu