See Video Of The Military Training You Can Hear From Lower Bucks County

June 13, 2016

Pvt. Frank Barber, gunner, observes Pvt. Dillon Card, assistant gunner, as he hangs the mortar round prior to firing during mortar firing training on Mortar Firing Point 4 March 23, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers are both with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, Mortar Platoon and hail from Perth Amboy, N.J., and Freehold, N.J., respectively. The unit is based out of Riverdale, N.J. Credit: Lt. David J. Murphy/Air Force — Pvt. Frank Barber, gunner, observes Pvt. Dillon Card, assistant gunner, as he hangs the mortar round prior to firing during mortar firing training on Mortar Firing Point 4 March 23, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers are both with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, Mortar Platoon and hail from Perth Amboy, N.J., and Freehold, N.J., respectively. The unit is based out of Riverdale, N.J.
Credit: Lt. David J. Murphy/Air Force

The conditions were perfect for the sound of explosions from military training exercises at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to travel to Lower Bucks County over the weekend.

In the distance, the sounds of exploding 120mm mortars could be heard. The exercises at the large military base involved the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment. The training started last week during daylight hours and will continue until Tuesday.

While the sound travels from time to time to Bucks County, ground shaking is reported closer to the base, which sits about 15 miles away from Levittown.

The base posted to social media a video of troops firing a mortar round during training over the weekend. The mortar is being fired from the back of an armored troop carrier.