Two hundred and forty-six New York Army National Guard Soldiers will be heading to Fort Irwin, California, the home of the Army’s National Training Center in the Mojave Desert starting July 15, 2025.
The Soldiers will be serving along side members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment as the training center’s opposing force or “OPFOR.”
At the National Training Center an Army brigade of 3,000 to 5,000 Soldiers is pitted against the OPFOR in combat war games designed to test their ability to fight and win.
All the actions of the simulated battle are tracked, and the Soldiers and their leaders learn what they did right or wrong during after action reviews.
The New York Soldiers are coming from:
• Charlie Company of...
07.15.2025 | LATHAM, NEW YORK, US |
Story by Eric Durr
