Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing sharpened their skills during a Combat Readiness Exercise held Aug. 6-10 at Stratton Air National Guard Base.
CAMP DAWSON AIR FORCE RESERVE STATION, West Virginia -- Members of the New York Army National Guard’s 501st Ordnance Battalion, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) headquarters, ran a training event for 142 Soldiers from four different states from July 31 to August 4 at Camp Dawson, West Virginia.
The Glenville, New York- based battalion designed the two-week exercise to create demanding environments to test the training of the EOD platoons from four different companies.
While the battalion has five EOD companies “assigned” to it and aligned for training, four are in three other states and Puerto Rico. Only the 1108th Ordnance Company shares the Glenville location with the 501st headquarters.
That makes it difficult to...
08.04.2025 | CAMP DAWSON AIR FORCE RESERVE CENTER, WEST VIRGINIA, US |
Story by Richard Goldenberg
