Subway Training for New York Soldiers
March 12, 2010
Story Highlights
- New York Army National Guard Soldiers Learn to Deal with Smoke in a Subway
- New York's Joint Task Force Empire Shield provides security augmentation in New York City
- Soldiers and Airmen traing to assist the Metropolitan Transit Authority
NEW YORK, NY--New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield, a state Army and Air National Guard security force operating in New York City, don protective masks as smoke fills a subway car simulator during emergency training conducted at the Metropolitan Transit Authority training facility at Coney Island on March 4.
The JTFES members, who provide security assistance to law enforcement authorities and public agencies in NYC, were learning how to cope when smoke fills a subway car. The training was conducted to allow the National Guard Soldiers to learn how to assist the MTA during an emergency
