JTACs and joint fire support specialists direct close air support at Northern Strike 19 [Image 7 of 17]

GRAYLING, MI, UNITED STATES

07.22.2019

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer 

182nd Airlift Wing

U.S. Army Sgt. John Ray, left, a joint fire support specialist with the 160th Field Artillery Regiment, Oklahoma Army National Guard, coordinates with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Herlihy, a tactical air control party specialist with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, at the Range 40 Complex in Grayling, Mich., July 22, 2019. The units practices their skillsets calling-in live-fire close air support on simulated enemy forces.

Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

• Date Taken: 07.22.2019
• Date Posted: 07.23.2019 20:15
• Photo ID: 5606014
• VIRIN: 190722-Z-EU280-1030
• Resolution: 5822x3647
• Size: 5.43 MB
• Location: GRAYLING, MI, US
• Hometown: CHANDLER, MI, US
• Hometown: PEORIA, IL, US