Artillery Live-Fire Exercise Planned Aug. 13-14 at Fort Indiantown Gap

Area Residents May Notice Increased Noise

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An artillery live-fire exercise will be conducted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., Aug. 13-14 at Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County.

Live-fire exercises using 155-millimeter artillery, conducted approximately six times a year, are announced in advance to alert area residents to the potential for increased noise levels.  

Fort Indiantown Gap offers more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training. It annually supports 19,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 130,000 other states' Guard, military, law enforcement, and civilian personnel each year. It is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania.

For more information about DMVA or the Pennsylvania National Guard, visit online at www.dmva.state.pa.us or www.pa.ng.mil.

Media contact: Maj. Edward Shank, 717-861-8468 (office); 717-943-4092 (cell)

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

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