PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Some Rhode Island residents say they never received a warning about military training exercises last week that included helicopters buzzing over the treetops and simulated explosions.
Army representatives didn’t immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press on Tuesday. But officials with the National Guard and the city of Providence tell The Providence Journal they did their best to alert people before the Friday night exercise.
The Army sent a release on June 4 saying there would be a week of training throughout the state and nearby residents would receive more specifics.
A National Guard spokesman says police and Army personnel went door to door near the training site, but notifying everyone was impossible.
The city says an automated phone call went out two hours before the exercise.
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