New York Army National Guard Trains at NYPD Facility

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Maj. Al Phillips, New York Army National Guard, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team:

“Safety kill, safety kill, all clear,” New York Army National Guard Sgt. Henry Nieves, shouted as his fire team stood down from another room during a clearing drill at the New York Police Department’s training facility at Rodman’s Neck, Saturday.

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Nieves, a Staten Island resident, and his Soldiers were among 120 members of Company A, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, who trained at the police department’s unique training location to prepare for a deployment to the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, on Fort Polk, Louisiana, later this year. The training filled their regular January drill weekend.

“Two separate buildings, complete with an MTA [Metropolitan Transportation Authority] bus, cars and stores, provided at the urban training center allow these Soldiers to practice and refine skills that can easily be used for an upcoming deployment,” explained Staff Sgt. Jesus Rodriguez, one of the company’s non-commissioned officers.

Located on Rodman’s Neck, an area of New York’s borough of the Bronx, which juts out into Long Island Sound, the 54-acre facility hosts a firing range, classrooms and …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life