Members of HHC 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment,

Members of HHC 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Colorado National Guard, practice Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System (FRIES) drills at Northern Strike 19 with members of the 3rd Special Forces Group July 19, 2019 at Camp Grayling, Mich.
Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and seven coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capability exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard’s ability 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, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Sonia Pawloski/released)