NEWTON FALLS, Ohio - Those who live and work in Newton Falls may hear more explosions this weekend. 

The Ohio Army National Guard's 216th Engineer Battalion, based in Cincinnati, will be using the explosives during training exercises at the Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center. 

It will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13. 

According to the National Guard, this training is an important part of the unit’s military readiness and the explosives used simulate realistic battle conditions.

Sounds from the explosions may be heard farther away than what occurs during normal operations.

There will be intermittent explosions and gunfire at the facility during annual training season, which runs through September.

Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center is an Ohio Army National Guard training site in Portage and Trumbull counties that consists of about 21,000 acres, with various small arms weapons ranges and permanent facilities to support individual and collective training events for both weekend and annual training.

The installation is undergoing major infrastructure improvements to become a world-class training center for Army and other Department of Defense units in the Midwestern U.S.

Among the recent improvements are a fire and movement range and a new automated record fire range.

Camp James A. Garfield also features TADSS, or Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations, which is state-of-the-art digital training equipment that allows for realistic combat training without the logistical challenges of live-fire ranges.

The National Guard also conducted similar training exercises at the end of March.