Explosives included in National Guard training near Newton Falls

People living in and around Newton Falls may be hearing explosions this week as the National Guard conducts training exercises.
The Ohio Army National Guard announced on Monday that residents and business owners near Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center might hear blasts as the Guard’s 812th Engineer Company will be using high explosives during scheduled training exercises Tuesday, July 8, 2020, and Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
The sound from the explosions may be heard farther away than usual, according to the Guard.
The training is an important part of military readiness, and the explosives are used to simulate battle conditions.
There will be intermittent explosions and gunfire at the facility during the annual training season, which runs through September.
The 21,000-acre Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center is an Ohio Army National Guard training site in Portage and Trumbull counties with several small arms weapons ranges and other training.
The camp is currently undergoing improvements to become a training center for Army and other Department of Defense units in the Midwestern U.S.
Among the recent improvements are a fire and movement range and a new automated record fire range.
Camp James A. Garfield also features TADSS — an acronym for Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations — which is state-of-the-art digital training equipment that allows for realistic combat training without the logistical challenges of live-fire ranges.