From the left, Senior Airmen Chad Terry, Duane Lewis,

From the left, Senior Airmen Chad Terry, Duane Lewis, and Tech. Sgt. Skatch Peruski of the 127th Maintenance Squadron load a Mark-82 bomb onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Northern Strike exercise at the Combat Training Readiness Center, Alpena, Michigan, on Aug. 8, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Michigan National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa/Released)