Live MK82 bombs are stacked as more are built at the
Live MK82 bombs are stacked as more are built at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 9, 2016. A-10 Thunderbolt jets from the 107th Fighter Squadron are dropping 16 of the MK82, 500 pound... More
Sgt. Brandon Martin, 233rd Military Police Company,
Sgt. Brandon Martin, 233rd Military Police Company, remains vigilant while guarding A-10 Thunderbolt jets from the 107th Fighter Squadron at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 10, 2016.... More
Senior Airman Gabriel Berry, 127th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Gabriel Berry, 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, loads a high-explosive rocket into an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation Northern Strike at the Combat Readiness Training Cente... More
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strik... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2016. The aircraft, flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, flew fro... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2016. The aircraft, flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, flew fro... More
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company,
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, providing safety boat and safety swimmer support for the AAV operations on Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, ... More
Marines from Communications Company, 14th Marine Regiment,
Marines from Communications Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct physical fitness training, Aug. 8, 2016, near their mock mission operations center set up at Camp Grayling during the Nort... More
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 C... More
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion,25 Marine regiment,
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion,25 Marine regiment, Marine Reserves, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, rehearse live-fire operations, and practice call-for-fire missions using the Virtual Battle Space III (VBS III) ... More
An airman with the 821st Contingency Response Support
An airman with the 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron air mobility team secures gear to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle in preparation for the vehicle’s transport via sling-load by a CH-47... More
Northern Strike 16 - A man in a military uniform looking through binoc...
160809-Z-EZ686-002 Cpl. Terran Mace of the 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company is viewing the area during the Northern Strike exercise at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range, in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 9, 2016. Nor... More
Senior Airman Calab Phillips, 227th Air Support Operations
Senior Airman Calab Phillips, 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, Atlantic City, N.J., listens to the mission briefing prior to the scheduled event, Aug 9, 2016, at Rogers City, Mich., during Northern Strike... More
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, plots targets on a map for artillery fire during Northern Strike 16 at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger 30mm
An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gun at a target at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise... More
Michigan Guard Artilleryman Trains to Carry on Life-Saving Family Trad...
Pfc. Brent Kearns, a Soldier with the 1171st Area Support Medical Company, performs chest compressions on a training mannequin, Aug. 10, 2016, at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center’s North Forward... More
aid station at the North FOB
Dr. Minh Phan, a dentist with the 4th Dental Battalion, 24th Dental Company, examines a patient at the aid station at the North FOB at Camp Grayling during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 1... More
Photo caption: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is greeted
Photo caption: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is greeted by the Adjutant General of the Michigan National Guard, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, to begin a tour of training exercises being conducted during Northern Strik... More
Major General Gregory Vadnais, The Adjutant General
Major General Gregory Vadnais, The Adjutant General for the state of Michigan, and Governor Rick Snyder arrive at Camp Grayling Airfield to observe the large-scale, multi-agency Exercise Northern Strike taking ... More
Sgt. Dan Osgood stands in front of a Chinook CH47F
Sgt. Dan Osgood stands in front of a Chinook CH47F helicopter at the Camp Grayling Army Airfield in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 11, 2016, during Exercise Northern Strike 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard ... More
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes an air drop during the exercise Northern Strike 16 at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 11, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
The Grayling Air Gunnery Range has been a focal point
The Grayling Air Gunnery Range has been a focal point of operations during Northern Strike 16. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marin... More
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion,
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division rehearse amphibious assault operations on Lake Margrethe in Camp Grayling, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 16, while boats fr... More
C-130 Hercules from the 120th Airlift Wing, Great Falls,
C-130 Hercules from the 120th Airlift Wing, Great Falls, Montana, 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Illinois, 165th Airlift Wing, Savannah, Georgia, and A-10 Thunderbolt II from 127th Wing, Selfridge Michigan, aircra... More
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Allen, a flight equipment
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Allen, a flight equipment technician assigned to the 120th Airlift Wing, Montana Air National Guard, resets a harness aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft Aug. 11, 2016 during ... More
A C-130 Hercules flies by the Military Operations on
A C-130 Hercules flies by the Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain training facility at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center while a member of the 118th Security Forces Squadron, Tennessee Air Nation... More
Soldiers from the 1-119th Field Artillery, Charlie
Soldiers from the 1-119th Field Artillery, Charlie Battery out of Albion, Michigan, conduct routine maintenance on the M 777 155mm Howitzer prior to artillery training for Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayl... More
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph P. Bird, senior logistics
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph P. Bird, senior logistics officer at the Maneuver Training and Equipment Site (MATES) at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, gives Ms. Amanda Simpson, deputy assistant se... More
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, Tampa Fl. assault the beach at Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, Mich. to rehearse amphibious assault operations., Aug 13, 2016,... More
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, Tampa Fl. assault the beach at Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, Mich. to rehearse amphibious assault operations., Aug 13, 2016,... More
Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushman, raft commander with the
Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushman, raft commander with the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, directs the pilots of two Mk IV Bridge Erection Boats to guide an Improvised Ribbon Bridge around... More
160814-Z-WK092-001 thru 160814-Z-WK092-007: Gunnery
160814-Z-WK092-001 thru 160814-Z-WK092-007: Gunnery Sgt. Charles Ellis leads Marines belonging to Truck Company, 25th Marine Regiment in a block of instruction on hand-to-hand combat outside the tactical operat... More
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company,
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., sets up the M1975 Launcher Vehicle for a dry support bridge mission, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mich., during Northern Strike 20... More
Staff Sgt. Jory Poquette, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge
Staff Sgt. Jory Poquette, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., gives direction on where to manuver the vehicles to begin work on a dry bridge construction, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, ... More
Cadet Christian Hanselman, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge
Cadet Christian Hanselman, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., holds a support rope while a cross beam is being lifted for a dry support bridge mission, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mi... More
002, -003 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 94th Airlift
002, -003 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 94th Airlift Wing, Robbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, and the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois, take off during Northern Strike 16 at the A... More
Major General Todd McCaffrey, Commanding General, First
Major General Todd McCaffrey, Commanding General, First Army Division East, Fort Know, KY, talks with Sgt. 1st Class Ernesto Tamorra and Staff Sgt. Sam Dillender, 2-351st Infantry Battalion, 177th Armored Briga... More
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Troop Command, Wyoming, Mich., conducts a walk through of the terrain for a troop advancement training mission during Northern Strike 2016,... More
Senior Airman Devon Merrell does his pre-flight checks
Senior Airman Devon Merrell does his pre-flight checks on the C-130 Hercules from the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, during North... More
Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of National Guard Bureau,
Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of National Guard Bureau, and Brig. Gen. Leonard Isabelle, Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters, Michigan Air National Guard visited Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Cent... More
Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion
Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion based in Brook Park, Ohio worked on small unit exercises that included mounted live-fire assaults with .50 caliber machine guns. Camp Grayling’s open terrain a... More
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Technical Sgt. Dan
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Technical Sgt. Dan Nicholson, 148th Air SupportOperations Squadron, relays a nine line to air craft up above the target area at the Camp Grayling Air Gunnery Range during exerci... More
Major General Gregory J. Vadnais, Adjutant General
Major General Gregory J. Vadnais, Adjutant General for Mich., shakes hands with Governor Rick Snyder of Mich., with General Robert Abrams, Commander of United States Army Forces Command, as they attend a distin... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II makes a pass over simulated
An A-10 Thunderbolt II makes a pass over simulated targets at the Camp Grayling Air Gunnery Range during exercise northern strike 16'. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting ap... More
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Capt. Patrick George, company
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Capt. Patrick George, company commander of Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, gets his parachute strapped and checked before a jump during Exercise Northern S... More
Staff Sgt. Daniel Wiseman, 127th Aircraft Maintenance
Staff Sgt. Daniel Wiseman, 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief, and Senior Airman Gabriel Berry, 127th AMXS weapons loader, load a high-explosive rocket into an A-10 Thunderbolt II durin... More
Pvt. Blaine Burk, 233rd Military Police Company, inspects
Pvt. Blaine Burk, 233rd Military Police Company, inspects the undercarriage of a vehicle entering the front gate during Exercise Northern Strike 2016 at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Au... More
Staff Sgt. Ryan Susick, 127th Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Ryan Susick, 127th Maintenance Squadron munitions technician, hooks up MK82 bomb to be transported for further assembly at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 9, 2016. A-10 Th... More
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strik... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2016. The aircraft, flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, flew fro... More
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company,
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, providing safety boat and safety swimmer support for the AAV operations on Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, ... More
Senior Airman Natheniel Sullivan and Staff Sgt. Joshua
Senior Airman Natheniel Sullivan and Staff Sgt. Joshua Freeman of the 127th Maintenance Squadron inventory high incendiary explosive rounds that are used in the A-10 Thunderbolt II during the Northern Strike ex... More
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion,25 Marine regiment,
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion,25 Marine regiment, Marine Reserves, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, rehearse live-fire operations, and practice call-for-fire missions using the Virtual Battle Space III (VBS III) ... More
Marines from Communications Company, 14th Marine Regiment,
Marines from Communications Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct physical fitness training, Aug. 8, 2016, near their mock mission operations center set up at Camp Grayling during the Nort... More
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers conduct a mission
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers conduct a mission planning for a close air support mission, Aug 9, 2016, at Rogers City, Mich., during Northern Strike 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-spon... More
Michigan Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Osgood, flight
Michigan Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Osgood, flight engineer with Detachment 1, Company B, 3-238th Aviation from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, fuels a CH-47 Chinook in preparation for an exercise durin... More
A Soldier with the 464th Quartermaster Company folds
A Soldier with the 464th Quartermaster Company folds clothes while working in the laundry section at the North FOB of Camp Grayling during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National G... More
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan National Guard
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, and Northern Strike 2016 exercise director Col. Raymond Stemitz, talk with one of the coordinating trainers at the... More
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, plots targets on a map for artillery fire during Northern Strike 16 at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
An Airman and a Marine watch as an A-10 Thunderbolt
An Airman and a Marine watch as an A-10 Thunderbolt II, flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, approaches a target at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16... More
Brig. Gen. Michael A. Stone, Assistant Adjutant General
Brig. Gen. Michael A. Stone, Assistant Adjutant General for Installations for the Michigan Army National Guard, gives an initial briefing to Ms. Amanda Simpson, Ms. Amanda Simpson, deputy assistant secretary of... More
Sgt. Dan Osgood, a flight engineer on a Chinook CH47D
Sgt. Dan Osgood, a flight engineer on a Chinook CH47D helicopter, guides Marines safely aboard, Aug. 11, 2016, at the Camp Grayling Army Airfield in Grayling, Mich., during Exercise Northern Strike 2016. North... More
Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines participate
Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines participate in operations at Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 16. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximate... More
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Allen, a flight equipment
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Allen, a flight equipment technician assigned to the 120th Airlift Wing, Montana Air National Guard, returns from postflighting aircrew equipment aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo ai... More
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion,
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division rehearse amphibious assault operations on Lake Margrethe in Camp Grayling, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 16, while boats fr... More
C-130 Hercules from the 120th Airlift Wing, Great Falls,
C-130 Hercules from the 120th Airlift Wing, Great Falls, Montana, 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Illinois, 165th Airlift Wing, Savannah, Georgia, and A-10 Thunderbolt II from 127th Wing, Selfridge Michigan, aircra... More
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes an air drop during the exercise Northern Strike 16 at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 11, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
A C-130 Hercules flies by the Military Operations on
A C-130 Hercules flies by the Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain training facility at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center while a member of the 118th Security Forces Squadron, Tennessee Air Nation... More
Pfc. Manuel E. Cleto, from the first Battalion119th
Pfc. Manuel E. Cleto, from the first Battalion119th Field Artilery Charlie Battary out of Albion, Michigan who are supporting Exercise Northern Strike. Cleto is carring ammunition to M 777 "Howitzer" 155mm cannon.
Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushman, raft commander with the
Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushman, raft commander with the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, directs the pilots of two Mk IV Bridge Erection Boats to guide an Improvised Ribbon Bridge around... More
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, Tampa Fl. assault the beach at Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, Mich. to rehearse amphibious assault operations., Aug 13, 2016,... More
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious
Marines from the 2nd Platoon, Company L, 4th Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, Tampa Fl. assault the beach at Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, Mich. to rehearse amphibious assault operations., Aug 13, 2016,... More
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company,
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., sets up the M1975 Launcher Vehicle for a dry support bridge mission, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mich., during Northern Strike 20... More
Soldiers from 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault
Soldiers from 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., manuever vehicles to help in the installation of a dry support bridge, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mich., during Northern Strike 2016... More
160814-Z-WK092-001 thru 160814-Z-WK092-007: Gunnery
160814-Z-WK092-001 thru 160814-Z-WK092-007: Gunnery Sgt. Charles Ellis leads Marines belonging to Truck Company, 25th Marine Regiment in a block of instruction on hand-to-hand combat outside the tactical operat... More
Cadet Christian Hanselman, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge
Cadet Christian Hanselman, 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., holds a support rope while a cross beam is being lifted for a dry support bridge mission, Aug 14, 2016, at Camp Grayling, Mi... More
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Troop Command, Wyoming, Mich., prepares for a walk through of the terrain for a troop advancement training mission during Northern Strike 2... More
Lance Cpl. Nicholos Brouchard, 25th Marine Regiment,
Lance Cpl. Nicholos Brouchard, 25th Marine Regiment, assaults across a range under the guidance of Capt. Pete Fisher, a Company Commander assigned to Headquarters, during exercise Northern Strike Aug. 15, 2016.... More
A C-130 Hercules crew member from the 94th Airlift
A C-130 Hercules crew member from the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, makes his way to his aircraft through an early morning fog at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, d... More
002, -003 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 94th Airlift
002, -003 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 94th Airlift Wing, Robbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, and the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois, take off during Northern Strike 16 at the A... More
Major General Todd McCaffrey, Commanding General, First
Major General Todd McCaffrey, Commanding General, First Army Division East, Fort Know, KY, talks with Sgt. 1st Class Ernesto Tamorra and Staff Sgt. Sam Dillender, 2-351st Infantry Battalion, 177th Armored Briga... More
Maj. Gen. Richard J. Hayes, Adjutant General of Illinois
Maj. Gen. Richard J. Hayes, Adjutant General of Illinois and Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, Adjutant General of Kansas, visited Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center's Combined Arms Collective Training Facilit... More
General Robert Abrams, Commander of United States Army
General Robert Abrams, Commander of United States Army Forces Command, speaks with General Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General Gregory J. Vadnais, Adjutant General for Mich., as th... More
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Chief Master Sgt Tony
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Chief Master Sgt Tony Trisilla, surveys the target area and tracks ground troops at the Camp Grayling Air Gunnery Range during exercise northern strike 16'. Northern Strike 16 i... More
Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment
Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment perform dry runs in preparation for live fire ranges at the Camp Grayling Air Gunnery Range during exercise northern strike 16'.Northern Strike 16 is a Na... More
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Maj. Mark Lenzi, Inspector-Instructor
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Maj. Mark Lenzi, Inspector-Instructor Company C, Headquarters and Support Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, gets his parachute strapped and checked before a ju... More
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat
A communications radar operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strik... More
Pfc. Alexander Stowers, 233rd Military Police Company,
Pfc. Alexander Stowers, 233rd Military Police Company, scans identification cards at the front gate during Exercise Northern Strike 2016 at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 10, 2016. ... More
Crew chiefs from the 127th Maintenance Squadron communicate
Crew chiefs from the 127th Maintenance Squadron communicate with A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots during their preflight inspection on the flight line during Operation Northern Strike at the Combat Readiness Training... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to land at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2016. The aircraft, flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, flew fro... More
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company,
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Members of Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, providing safety boat and safety swimmer support for the AAV operations on Lake Margrethe, Camp Grayling, ... More
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25 Marine regiment,
Members of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25 Marine regiment, Marine Reserves, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, rehearse live-fire operations, and practice call-for-fire missions using the Virtual Battle Space III (VBS III)... More
Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Support
Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron air mobility team adjust lift straps to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle in preparation for the vehicle’s transport via sling-load by a CH... More
Senior Airman Calab Phillips, 227th Air Support Operations
Senior Airman Calab Phillips, 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, Atlantic City, N.J., secures his radio cables while preparing his kit, Aug 9, 2016, at Rogers City, Mich., during Northern Strike 2016. Nort... More
A Soldier with the 464th Quartermaster Company folds
A Soldier with the 464th Quartermaster Company folds clothes while working in the laundry section at the North FOB of Camp Grayling during Northern Strike 2016, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National G... More
Airmen participating in Northern Strike 2016 watch
Airmen participating in Northern Strike 2016 watch as a BDU-50 bomb explodes moments after being dropped by an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft at the Camp Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 2016, Au... More
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine
Cpl. Moises Vera from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, plots targets on a map for artillery fire during Northern Strike 16 at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Aug. 10, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines participate
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines participate in operations at Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 16. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximate... More
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes
A C-130 Hercules from Montana’s 120th Air Wing executes an air drop during the exercise Northern Strike 16 at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 11, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a Nat... More
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion,
Marines from Company C, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division rehearse amphibious assault operations on Lake Margrethe in Camp Grayling, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 16, while boats fr... More