CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, New York – Soldiers from the New York National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division came together at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, April 15 to 19 to hone their command and control capabilities as the Region II Homeland Response Force or HRF.
The exercise tested the citizen Soldiers’ ability to manage a simulated incident involving the detonation of an improvised nuclear device.
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