A machine-gunner provides long range surveillance and security while Infantrymen prepare for an attack during the Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, California Nov. 30 - Dec. The EDRE is an exercise designed to test a unit’s ability to alert, recall and deploy under emergency conditions. The Army routinely conducts deployment readiness exercises to assess their ability to provide the National Command Authority with Army ground forces with no notice or short notice.

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