General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the United

General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, speaks with General Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and General Robert Abrams, Commander of United States Army Forces Command, and Major General Gregory J. Vadnais, Adjutant General for Mich., as they attend a distinguished visitors day of events demonstrating the training conducted during Northern Strike 2016, Aug 16, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mich.. 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)