Residents May Notice Noise, Traffic During Training At Camp Parks

DUBLIN, CA — Residents who live near Camp Parks in Dublin may notice some noise, aircraft and extra traffic on and around the base next week, California Army National Guard officials said. The flurry of activity is part of the National Guard’s annual training.

Starting Sunday, aviation units from California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Colorado will attend the training, which will be hosted by Camp Parks and the 3-140th Aviation Battalion, from March 11 to March 25.

"Interagency coordination is the foundation of the National Guard's mission here in California," said Lt. Col. Dan Anderson, commander of the California Army National Guard’s 3-140 Aviation Battalion. "By regularly training alongside state and federal emergency responders, we’re able to establish the protocols and relationships that will make for a quick and seamless response when emergency incidents occur."

Civilian agencies participating in the training alongside the National Guard include the Sonoma Police, Oakland Fire, Sacramento Fire, and Solano County Sheriff’s departments and the North Bay, South Bay, and Sacramento incident management teams. In addition to interagency aviation training, the National Guard units will conduct combat-readiness exercises, including search-and-rescue missions, evacuation of personnel under enemy fire, a map-and-compass land navigation course, combat medical care, and vehicle-rollover response.

The 3-140th Aviation Battalion performs emergency-response missions like medical evacuations and wildfire suppression, in support of civilian agencies throughout the year.

The training is designed to strengthen civilian and military coordination during emergency incidents across the region, officials said in a statement.

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