FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            RELEASE NO. 49-08

MILITARY TRAINING CONDUCTED AT ACADEMY– June 26, 2008

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 30.

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 July 9 through July 23.

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