Urban Search & Rescue Training Sept 29, '13

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Staff Sergeant Louis DiGiananntonio, 56th Brigade, crawls through the tunnel of a simulated collapsed building site during urban search and rescue training on Sept. 29th. To add to the realism of the training, soldiers had to perform the exercise blinded by wearing sensory depriving masks covered in duct tape. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig, HQ, 56th Brigade, NY Guard.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.T. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh leads Capt. Bohdan Ozaruk, 56th Brigade S-3 training and operations officer, and Major Michael Levinson, commander 156th Emergency Response Battalion, to the starting point of the collapsed building exercise during urban search and rescue training on Sept. 29th. Soldiers conducted the exercise blindfolded, wearing sensory depriving masks covered in duct tape. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig, HQ, 56th Brigade, NY Guard.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.y. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh conducting urban search and rescue training.  Spec. Walsh is certified with the NY Guard as a medic, in search and rescue operations, and as a member of the CERF team he is certified by the US Army as a WMD decontamination specialist. In civilian life he serves as a lieutenant in the Hartsdale Fire Department, and serves with the Yonkers Office of Emergency Management. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - Collapsed building training site, utilized in disaster simulation exercises. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Private Rashid Grant and First Sergeant Anthony Bertorelli survey simulated collapsed building damage at Urban Search and rescue training on Sept 29. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh conducting urban search and rescue training.  Spec. Walsh is certified with the NY Guard as a medic, in search and rescue operations, and as a member of the CERF team he is certified by the US Army as a WMD decontamination specialist. In civilian life he serves as a lieutenant in the Hartsdale Fire Department, and serves with the Yonkers Office of Emergency Management. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig