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Source: http://www.juf.org/news/israel.aspx?id=427853
U.S. National Guard and IDF Join for Emergency Response Exercise in Israel
(Jewish Federation of Chicago) Ofer Bavly - 120 men and women of the U.S. National Guard arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a joint exercise with 150 men and women of the Israel Defense Forces. The exercise was based around the scenario of a massive earthquake bringing down numerous buildings with multiple people trapped under the rubble. The National Guard and IDF soldiers practiced entering the destroyed buildings and searching for survivors using technology and specially trained dogs from the IDF's K-9 unit.