B Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment reacts to contact and shoots illumination rounds during Northern Strike 2024 [Image 11 of 11]

GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

08.11.2024

Photo by Officer Candidate Ayden Norcross 

153rd Public Affairs Detachment

The crew assigned to an M109A7 Paladin with B Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment with the West Virginia Army National Guard fire illumination rounds over a training field during Northern Strike 2024 at Camp Grayling in Grayling, Michigan on August 11, 2024. Exercise Northern Strike is an Army sponsored, multi-component, multinational training event conducted twice a year at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. Northern Strike focuses on offense, defense and stability operations, while simultaneously focusing on maintaining unit readiness alongside joint and partner forces in all-domains of warfare. Northern Strike is Michigan’s largest and longest standing joint readiness exercise, and this iteration hosts over 6,000 participants and is being held from August 3 to 17, 2024 at the National All Domain Warfighting Center. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cdt. Ayden Norcross)

• Date Taken: 08.11.2024
• Date Posted: 08.13.2024 14:24
• Photo ID: 8584865
• VIRIN: 240811-Z-IU060-1096
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 26.76 MB
• Location: GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US