Archives for August 2016

Maj. Harry Stiles, a Michigan National Guard Soldier based at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan, explains day-to-day operations to his civilian employer Justin Neal of BAE Systems on Employer Appreciation Day, Aug. 13, 2016, during Exercise Northern Strike 2016 at Camp Grayling, Michigan. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately […]

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 Howe’s Lake, Michigan during training at Northern Strike 16, Aug. 13, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting […]

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 Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center Aug. 12, 2016. (Michigan National Guard photo by Staff Sgt.Tegan Kucera/Released). CAMP GRAYLING JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Mich.– No […]

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 National Guard, participates in a training exercise during Northern Strike 16, Aug. 12, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting […]

Spc. Paul St. Pierre works with laundry machines as a member of the 464th Quartermaster Company, a Michigan National Guard unit based in Lapeer, Michigan, Aug. 10, 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 […]

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 Operating Base during annual training. Lt. Col. Laura Svinarich, a physician’s assistant with the 127th Medical Group from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, […]

Staff Sgt. Patricia Starks stands by a sample communications schematic set up near the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 9, 2016, for exercise Northern Strike 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 […]

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 Strike 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Aug. 10, 2016. Northern […]

Airman 1st Class Steven Miller, a radio frequency transmissions systems journeyman with the 264th Combat Communications Squadron, works on a communications radar during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is bringing together 5,000 military personnel for joint combat training centered on Camp […]

Photo Caption: Pfc. Devon Digiacomo of Union City, Mich., a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment based in Wyoming, Mich., provides rooftop security and suppressive fire during urban operations training at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center’s Combined Arms Collective Training Facility as part of Exercise Northern Strike, Aug. 8, 2016. […]