ABOUT 40,000 NATIONAL Guardsmen participated in National Level Exercise 11 (NLE 11) in late May, the largest inter-agency exercise in history.The exercise, with a scenario of a major earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, tested the response capabilities of the Guard in several states. Officials say an earthquake along the 150-mile New Madrid Fault Line, which stretches from Southern Illinois into Arkansas, potentially threatens much of the middle of the country.
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